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title: רְוָחָה — respite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רְוָחָה (7309), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: respite. BDB 1906: n.f. respite, relief. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְוָחָה

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«רְוָחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **respite** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 7309 · **BDB:** רְוָחָה

### Glosses

relief (1); respite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

respite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7309/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. respite, relief [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7309/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. respite, relief;—abs. ר׳ Ex 8:11 (J); sf. רַוְחָתִי La 3:56 (Ew Löhr BuComm. צַוְחָתִי my outcry; then del. שַׁוְעָתִי as gloss.); read לָֽרְוָחָה also for MT לָֽרְוָיָה ψ 66:12 (v. sub רוה).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְוָחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7309/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.56/)

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קוֹלִ֖י שָׁמָ֑עְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵ֧ם אָזְנְךָ֛ לְרַוְחָתִ֖י לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* voice my you.heard do.not hide ear your to relief my to my.cry for.help

*JPS 1917:* Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.

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[Exodus 8:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.8.11/)

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וַיַּ֣רְא פַּרְעֹ֗ה כִּ֤י הָֽיְתָה֙ הָֽרְוָחָ֔ה וְהַכְבֵּד֙ אֶת־לִבּ֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵהֶ֑ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.saw Pharaoh (dm).that it.had.come the respite and he.made.unresponsive (et) heart his and not he.listened to them just as he.had.said Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken.

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