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title: רֶגַע — a moment · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֶגַע (7281), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 22 times: a moment. BDB 1906: n.m. moment. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רֶגַע

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«רֶגַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **a moment** — 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:** 22 times · **Key:** 7281 · **BDB:** רֶ֫גַע

### Glosses

a.moment (16); moments (4); of.a.moment (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

a moment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7281/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. moment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7281/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. a moment (NH id.; 𝔗 רינעא Ec 9:12: prob. properly a movement, i.e. twinkling, of the eye; cf. momentum, i.e. movimentum);—abs. ר׳, רָ֑גַע Nu 16:21 +, pl. רְגָעִים;— ψ 30:6 ר׳ בְּאַפּוֹ a moment (passes) in his anger (opp. היים ברצונו); Is 54:7 בְּר׳ קָטֹן during a little moment. usually in adv. phrases:—(a) as adv. acc., (α) Ex 33:5 ר׳ אֶהָד for one moment, so ר׳ alone Is 54:8; repeated Je 18:7, 9 רֶגַע … רֶגַע at one moment … at another moment; (β) in a moment, suddenly, ψ 6:11 יָשׁוּבוּ יֵבשׁוּ רָ֑גַע, Je 4:20; Is 47:9; Jb 34:20. (b) בְּרֶגַע in a moment Jb 21:13 ובר׳ שְׁאוֹל יֵחַ֫תּוּ (of a quick and painless death; but see 34:20 ψ 73:19: Hoffm Buhl Beer Bu Du \[cf. 𝔊 ἐν ἀναπαύσει, 𝔗 בְּמַרְגּוֹעָא\] take רֶגַע (or read רְגֹעַ) as subst. \[√ II. רָגַע\] in tranquillity, of a peaceful death). So (c) בִּר׳ Nu 16:21 = 17:10 יַאֲכַלֶּה אֹתָם בְּרָ֑גַע, ψ 73:19. (d) בְּמוֹ ר׳ La 4:6. (e) עֲדֵי רָ֑גַע while a moment lasts Jb 20:5. (f) כִּמְעַט ר׳ like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment Is 26:20; Ezr 9:8. (g) pl. לִרְגָעִים by moments, at every moment, Is 27:3; Ez 26:16 וְהָֽרְדוּ ל׳ (so 32:10), Jb 7:18 (‖ לִבְקָרִים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 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 «רֶגַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7281/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.7.18/)

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וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃

*Word for word:* and you have.visited.him to mornings to moments you test.him

*JPS 1917:* And that Thou shouldest remember him every morning, and try him every moment?

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[Job 20:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.5/)

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כִּ֤י רִנְנַ֣ת רְ֭שָׁעִים מִקָּר֑וֹב וְשִׂמְחַ֖ת חָנֵ֣ף עֲדֵי־רָֽגַע׃

*Word for word:* (dm).that \[the\].cry.of.joy of.wicked.\[people\] \[is\].from near and.\[the\] gladness of.\[the\].godless \[is\].until a.moment

*JPS 1917:* That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?

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