Shepherd; ro’i means “my shepherd” in the opening line of Psalm 23.
also written: ro’eh, ro'eh, ro’i, ro'i, roi, роэ, рои
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In Scripture
World English Bible
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
Psalm 23:1
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
The Hebrew behind “fed me” says that God has shepherded Jacob throughout his life. It uses the same root as roeh.
