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# רָגַע

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7280

**be at rest** — used 13 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be at rest [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7280/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָגַע²: vb. be at rest, repose [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7280/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be at rest, repose (prob. = Arabic رَجَعَ return, proposes return to rest, after wanderings, etc.);— Imv. 2 fs. Je 47:6 (of sword) be gathered into thy scabbard, הֵרָֽגְעִי וָדֹ֫מִּי repose, and be still. trans. give rest to;—Inf. cstr. Je 31:2 הָלוֹךְ לְהַרְגִּיעוֹ I will go to give him (Isr.) rest, 50:34 לְמַעַן הִרְגִּיעַ את־הארץ (on הִ׳, v. Ges§ 531 Dr Dt 7:24; read prob. הַ׳); Is 51:4 ומשׁפטי לאור עמים אַרְגִּיעַ usually I will cause my judgment (religion) to repose as, etc. (i.e. I will establish it; cf. שִׂים 42:4); but metaph. strange: hence Bachm Che Marti (joining to v 5) צִדְקִי (אֲקָרֵב 46:13) אַרְגִּיעַ אַקְּרִיב in a moment (I. רָגַע Hiph.) will I bring near, etc., Du הִרְגִּיעַ קָרֵב, Oort Ry Kit בְּרֶגַע קָרֵב (cf. 𝔊 ἐγγίζει ταχύ). intrans. rest, repose, Dt 28:65 ובגוים ההם לא תַרְגִּיעַ, Is 34:14 שָׁם הִרְגִּ֫יעָה לִילִית. So Ecclus 36:31.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I will act in a moment (2); \[who\] stirs up (2); I will give rest (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 12:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.19/#tree)

שְֽׂפַת־אֱ֭מֶת תִּכּ֣וֹן לָעַ֑ד וְעַד־אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה לְשׁ֣וֹן שָֽׁקֶר׃

*Word for word:* a.lip of.reliability it.will.be.established forever and until I.will.give.rest a.tongue of.falsehood

*JPS 1917:* The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

[Job 7:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.5/#tree)

לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה וְג֣וּשׁ עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃

*Word for word:* it.is.clothed flesh my maggot\[s\] and clod\[s\] of.dust skin my it.has.become.hard and it.has.oozed

*JPS 1917:* My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin closeth up and breaketh out afresh.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7280.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7280/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).