---
title: רֹחַב — breadth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רֹחַב (7341), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 101 times: breadth. BDB 1906: breadth, width. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7341.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-2.md)‎ / רֹחַב‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# רֹחַב

<!-- .meta -->
«רֹחַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **breadth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 101 times · **Key:** 7341 · **BDB:** רֹ֫חַב

### Glosses

breadth (69); the.breadth (16); \[the\].breadth (11)

### Meaning (OSHB)

breadth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7341/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

breadth, width [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7341/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] breadth, width;—ר׳ abs. Ez 42:2 +, cstr. 1 K 6:3 +; sf. רָחְבּוֹ Ex 25:10 +, -בָּהּ Gn 6:15 +, רָחְבָּן Ez 42:11;—breadth, of land, + אֹרֶךְ = whole extent, expanse, Gn 13:17 (J), so ר׳ alone Is 8:8; ר׳ מַיִם Jb 37:10; fig. ר׳ לֵב largeness of understanding (like sand of sea-shore) 1 K 5:9; breadth, = thickness, of wall גֶּדֶר Ez 42:10; elsewhere only in measurements width, breadth (Dt 3:11, K 10 times, Ez 54 times, Zc 2:6; 5:2, P 23 times, Ch 6 times; ‖ אֹרֶךְ 1 K 7:6 + 63 times, + קוֹמָה 6:2 + 14 times, + גֹּבַהּ † Ez 40:42; 2 Ch 3:4; ‖ קוֹמָה alone † 1 K 7:27; Ez 40:5): of buildings, etc., 1 K 6:2, 3(×2), 6(×3) +, Ez 41:1(×3), 5, 7 +, altar Ex 27:1 = 38:1, ark, תֵּבָה, Gn 6:15, אָרוֹן Ex 25:10 = 37:1, etc.; of area, the עֶרֶשׂ of Og Dt 3:11, the תְּרוּמָה of land Ez 45:1, 3, 5, 6 +, of court Ex 27:12, 13, 18; of city Zc 2:6; of roll 5:2; of curtain Ex 26:2, 8 +, etc.; of wall (קִיד), = thickness, Ez 41:9, 12 (cf. 42:10 supr.); of doorway 40:11; 41:2, 3, etc.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רֹחַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7341/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Exodus 28:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.28.16/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
רָב֥וּעַ יִֽהְיֶ֖ה כָּפ֑וּל זֶ֥רֶת אָרְכּ֖וֹ וְזֶ֥רֶת רָחְבּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* square it.will.be folded.double \[will.be\].a.span length its and \[will.be\].a.span breadth its

*JPS 1917:* Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Job 37:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.37.10/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
מִנִּשְׁמַת־אֵ֥ל יִתֶּן־קָ֑רַח וְרֹ֖חַב מַ֣יִם בְּמוּצָֽק׃

*Word for word:* from the.breath of.God it.gives ice and.\[the\] breadth of.\[the\].waters \[is\].(in) constraint

*JPS 1917:* By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [רְחֹב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7340.md)
- next →: [רָחָב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7342.md)
- ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512-2.md)