רָעֲיָא, (preced.) shepherd. Targ. Is. XL, 11. Targ. II Sam. XXIV, 17; a. fr.—B. Mets. 5ᵃ. Sabb. 32ᵃ, v. חִגְּרָא. Keth. 62ᵇ רבי עקיבא ר׳ וכ׳ R. Akiba (as a youth) was a shepherd of Ben Kalba Sabuʿaʾs. Lev. R. s. 4, v. כּוּלָב; Snh. 103ᵃ; B. Mets. 84ᵇ, v. קוּלְתָא; a. fr.—Pl. רָעַיָּא, רָעֲיָין, רַעְיָן, רַעֲוָיֵי, constr. רַעֲוֵי; רַעֲוָתָא, רַעֲוָו׳; רַעֲיָתָא, רַעֲיָי׳. Targ. Y. Gen. XLVI, 32 (O. רָעֵי; ed. Berl. רָעַן). Targ. Is. XIII, 20. Targ. Ex. II, 17 (Y. ed. Vien. רֵעֲיָיא, corr. acc.). Targ. Cant. I, 8 רעיתא ed. Lag. (oth. ed. רעייתֵי, corr. acc.; ed. Vien. רעיא). Targ. Gen. XXVI, 20; a. fr.—Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵃ ר׳ חלבון וכ׳ shepherds milked, and a serpent came &c. Bekh. 21ᵇ, v. צַלְתָּא; a. e.—Fem. רָעִיתָא (רַעְיְיתָא). Targ. Gen. XXIX, 9.—Cant. R. to I, 9 (play on רעיתי, ib.) רעייתא דעולמי shepherdess (preserver) of my world.