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title: רָגַע — be at rest · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָגַע (7280), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: be at rest. BDB 1906: vb. be at rest, repose. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָגַע

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«רָגַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be at rest** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 7280 · **BDB:** רָגַע²

### Glosses

I.will.act.in.a.moment (2); \[who\].stirs.up (2); I.will.give.rest (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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 (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָגַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7280/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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