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title: רָחָב — wide · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָחָב (7342), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: wide. BDB 1906: adj. wide, broad. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָחָב

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«רָחָב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wide** — 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:** 21 times · **Key:** 7342 · **BDB:** רָחָב

### Glosses

broad (8); \[is\].broad (3); \[was\].broad (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wide [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7342/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. wide, broad [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7342/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. wide, broad;—abs. ר׳ Jb 30:14; cstr. רְחַב Pr 21:4 +; fs. רְחָבָה Ex 3:8 +; cstr. רַחֲבַת Gn 34:21 +; mpl. cstr. רַחֲבֵי Is 33:21;—wide, broad, spacious, of land Ex 3:8 (J), Ne 9:35, רַחֲבַת יָדַיִם, etc., Gn 34:21 + 6 times, v. יָד 3 d; ר׳ מִנִּי־יָם Jb 11:9 (of greatness of God, ‖ אֲרֻכָּה מֵאֶרֶץ); בָּֽרְחָבָה as subst. ψ 119:45 in a wide, roomy, space (fig.); פֶּרֶץ ר׳ Jb 30:14 (sim.); of cup Ez 23:32 (in fig.; + הָעֲמֻקָּה); of wall (= thick) Je 51:58; specif., in Jerusalem (as n.pr.) הַחוֹמָה הָֽר׳ Ne 3:8; 12:38; fig. extensive, of work, undertaking, מְלָאכָה, Ne 4:13 (+ הַרְבֵּה); of י׳’s commandment ψ 119:96 (i.e. unlimited, measureless); רְחַב לֵבָב 101:5 i.e. exultant, arrogant (‖ גְּבַהּ־עֵינַיִם), so ר׳ לֵב Pr 21:4 (‖ רוּם־ע׳); רְחַב נֶפֶשׁ Pr 28:25 i.e. greedy (cf. רחב אולת Ecclus 47:23c, in play on רְחַבְעָם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 2 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 «רָחָב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7342/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 30:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.14/)

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כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* like a.breach wide they.come under devastation they.have.rolled.themselves

*JPS 1917:* As through a wide breach they come; in the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me.

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[Proverbs 21:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.21.4/)

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רוּם־עֵ֭ינַיִם וּרְחַב־לֵ֑ב נִ֖ר רְשָׁעִ֣ים חַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* haughtiness of.eyes and a.\[person\].wide of.heart \[the\].lamp of.wicked.\[people\] \[is\].sin

*JPS 1917:* A haughty look, and a proud heart — the tillage of the wicked is sin.

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