Rayah רַעְיָה

Rayah (Hebrew רַעְיָה, Strong's H7474) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “darling”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Rayah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Song of Solomon

• Song of Solomon 1:9
  I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
• Song of Solomon 1:15
  Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
• Song of Solomon 2:2
  As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
• Song of Solomon 2:10
  My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
• Song of Solomon 2:13
  The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”
• Song of Solomon 4:1
  Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
• Song of Solomon 4:7
  Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
• Song of Solomon 5:2
  I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
• Song of Solomon 6:4
  Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).