H4828–מֵרֵעַ–me.re.a

Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host.

מֵֽרֵעֵ֔הוּ (מֵֽרֵעֵ֔) me.re.'E. “close friend”

It happened, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.

מֵֽרֵעִ֔ים me.re.'Im “companions”

But Samson's wife was [ergänzt: given] to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

לְמֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ (מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔) Me.re.'E. “companion”

Her father said, I most assuredly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: isn't her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her, instead.

לְמֵרֵעֶ֑ךָ (מֵרֵעֶ֑) me.re.'E. “companion”

Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? They said, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken his wife, and given her to his companion. The Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.

לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ (מֵרֵעֵ֑) me.re.'E. “companion”

Then was Abner very angry for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? This day do I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David; and yet you charge me this day with a fault concerning this woman.

מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔הוּ (מֵ֣רֵעֵ֔) me.re.'E. “friend[s]”

All the relatives of the poor shun him: How much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.

מְ֭רֵעֵהוּ (מְ֭רֵעֵ) Me.re.'e. “friend[s]”