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Genesis 11:3

וַ יֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶל רֵעֵהוּ הָבָה נִלְבְּנָה לְבֵנִים וְ נִשְׂרְפָה לִ שְׂרֵפָה וַ תְּהִי לָהֶם הַ לְּבֵנָה לְ אָבֶן וְ הַ חֵמָר הָיָה לָהֶם לַ חֹמֶר
And they are saying, a man to his friend,427 `Pay,428 we are becoming-whitened429 white-ones,430 and we are setting-on-fire431 for a fiery-one432 And the White-one is becoming to-themselves for a stone. And the Foaming-tar433 he has become to-themselves for the Foaming-clay.434
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The Neighbor

Strong’s #7453, rea. Friend, companion, fellow. Neighbor is a widely misunderstood word. See its primary definition in Exodus 33:11,

Yahweh has spoken toward Moses [Drawn-out], faces to faces, when a man is speaking toward his friend [ רֵעַ rea].”