מַרְעִית I, pasture-ground, pasture. Pesik. R. s. 26, end והיא עשויה מ׳ וכ׳ and she (Zion) has become a pasture-ground for the beasts of the field. B. Mets. 86ᵇ (fusion of Hebr. a. Chald.) מביאין תור ממַרְעִיתוֹ וכ׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 60) they bring from his pasture an ox that has not been forced (used for labor) &c.; Yalk. Kings 176 (not ממרעיתן); a. e.—Trnsf. feeding one’s eye, satisfaction. Cant. R. to IV, 5 (ref. to הרעים, ib.) והיכן היתה מַרְעִיתָן וכ׳ where did the Israelites have their satisfaction on Egypt?