Need help with translation from new testament

Question

Mark 12:30-31 Love your neighbor as yourself. My question is: What word is used instead of neighbor in Hebrew translation and what meaning does that word have? In my language neighbor is translated as bliznji svoj which is equivalent to Love someone you are close to, but what would that sound in Hebrew? Does this quote literally mean love your neighbor, or love someone you are close to? Thank you

Answer 1

the Hebrew word is רעה which can translate as any of these: an associate (more or less close)

brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbor,

In Hebrew the phrase is: 'אֱהַב אֶת רֵעֲךָ ehav et re'akha (love your neighbor)

So yes, "someone close to you" is a good translation, and it is also obvious from Jesus's (Yeshua's) parable about the good Samaritan. He obviously understood the word to mean a fellow person or anyone that you come in contact with.