# roeh (רֹעֶה)

pronounced: roh-EH


**Shepherd; ro’i means “my shepherd” in the opening line of Psalm 23.**

## In Scripture

> Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
> — [Psalm 23:1](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+23%3A1&version=WEB) (Ro’i is roeh with the ending “my”: the psalm begins by calling Yahweh the speaker’s own shepherd.)

> He blessed Joseph, and said, “The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
> — [Genesis 48:15](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+48%3A15&version=WEB) (The Hebrew behind “fed me” says that God has shepherded Jacob throughout his life. It uses the same root as roeh.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/roeh/