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title: מֶרְחָב — broad · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶרְחָב (4800), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: broad. BDB 1906: broad, roomy, place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶרְחָב

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«מֶרְחָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **broad** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 4800 · **BDB:** מֶרְחָב²

### Glosses

place (5); expanses (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

broad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4800/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

broad, roomy, place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4800/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] broad, roomy, place;—abs. מ׳, of pasture Ho 4:16 (in sim.); fig. of freedom from distress and anxiety 2 S 22:20 = ψ 18:20, ψ 31:9; 118:5 (MT cstr. in מֶרְחַבְיָה spacious place of Yah, i.e. extraordinarily spacious, מֶרְחָב יָהּ, יָהּ being subj. of vb.); pl. cstr. מֶרְחֲבֵי־אֶרֶץ Hb 1:6 expanses of the earth.

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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 (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶרְחָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4800/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 118:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.118.5/)

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מִֽן־הַ֭מֵּצַ֥ר קָרָ֣אתִי יָּ֑הּ עָנָ֖נִי בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב יָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* from the distress I.called.out.to Yahweh he answered.me in.(the) roomy place Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Out of my straits I called upon the LORD; He answered me with great enlargement.

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[Psalms 18:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.20/)

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וַיּוֹצִיאֵ֥נִי לַמֶּרְחָ֑ב יְ֝חַלְּצֵ֗נִי כִּ֘י חָ֥פֵֽץ בִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he brought.me.out to.(the) roomy place he rescued.me (dm) he.delighted in me

*JPS 1917:* He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me, because He delighted in me.

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