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huÌ‚rdz´man (בּרקר, boÌ„kÌ£er; the King James Version, the English Revised Version “herdmanâ€): A cowherd (). The same word is used in Syria today. רעה, rō‛eh, has its equivalent in the language of Syria and Palestine (Arabic ra‛i), and is a general term for any kind of a herdsman (, ; ; ). × ×§×“, noÌ„kÌ£eÌ„dh, occurs in one passage (); literally it means one who spots or marks the sheep, hence, a herdsman. Spotting the wool with different dyes is still the method of distinguishing between the sheep of different flocks. The herdsman is seldom the owner of the sheep, but a hireling. See SHEEP; SHEEP TENDING.