The verb רעה means "to take out to pasture" or literally "to scatter about in a horizontal direction" it is related to רוח
What of : ירע to move back and forth (Is15:4) רעע (vibrate) shatter, impair (Jr15:12) רעד tremble (Ex15:15) shake, vibrate (Ps104:32) רעל to vibrate (Jastro) to quiver (Nc2:4)(Zc12:2) רעם thunder (Ps96:11;104:7) רעש to quake (Jd5:4)(SmII22:8)(Is13:13;24:18;29:6)
David Kolinsky Monterey, CA
From: Isaac Fried
<if AT math.bu.edu> To: David Kolinsky <hadeesh AT sbcglobal.net> Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org Sent: Thu, November 29, 2012 3:28:04 PM Subject: head and see
In my opinion there is no such thing in Hebrew as "comes from". One word does not "come from" another word. If ראש RO$, 'head', "comes from" ראה RAAH, 'see', then by this plan of things רעש RAA$, 'rattle', "comes from" רעה RAAH, 'pasture'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Nov 29, 2012, at 1:52 PM, David Kolinsky wrote:
ראש meaning head comes from ראה meaning "the place of
seeing"