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# רֶוַח

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7305

**room** — used 2 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

room [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7305/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רֶ֫וַח: n.m. space, interval respite, relief [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7305/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. space, interval Gn 32:17 (E; בֵּין … וּבֵין). respite, relief, Est. 4:14.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a space (1); relief (1).

## In the verses

[Genesis 32:17](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.17/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.32.17/#tree)

וַיִּתֵּן֙ בְּיַד־עֲבָדָ֔יו עֵ֥דֶר עֵ֖דֶר לְבַדּ֑וֹ וַ֤יֹּאמֶר אֶל־עֲבָדָיו֙ עִבְר֣וּ לְפָנַ֔י וְרֶ֣וַח תָּשִׂ֔ימוּ בֵּ֥ין עֵ֖דֶר וּבֵ֥ין עֵֽדֶר׃

*Word for word:* and he.gave.\[them\] in the.hand his.servants his herd herd it alone and he.said to servants his pass.over before me and a.space you.will.put between a.herd and between a.herd

*JPS 1917:* And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself; and said unto his servants: 'Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.'

[Esther 4:14](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.4.14/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EST.4.14/#tree)

כִּ֣י אִם־הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ תַּחֲרִישִׁי֮ בָּעֵ֣ת הַזֹּאת֒ רֶ֣וַח וְהַצָּלָ֞ה יַעֲמ֤וֹד לַיְּהוּדִים֙ מִמָּק֣וֹם אַחֵ֔ר וְאַ֥תְּ וּבֵית־אָבִ֖יךְ תֹּאבֵ֑דוּ וּמִ֣י יוֹדֵ֔עַ אִם־לְעֵ֣ת כָּזֹ֔את הִגַּ֖עַתְּ לַמַּלְכֽוּת׃

*Word for word:* (dm) if indeed.(keep.quiet) you.will.keep.quiet at the time (the) this relief and deliverance it.will.arise for the Jews from a.place another and you and the.house your.father your you.will.perish and who? \[is\].knowing if for a.time like this you.have.reached (to) the queenhood

*JPS 1917:* For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish; and who knoweth whether thou art not come to royal estate for such a time as this?'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7305.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7305/): 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).