Word

רֶגַע

regaʻ · H7281 · Hebrew · 22 occurrences

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Meanings

moment

A very short length of time

Examples
Exodus 33:5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are an obstinate people; if I were to go up in your midst for just one moment, I would destroy you. So now, take off your jewelry that I may know what I shall do to you.’”
Ezra 9:8 “But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, so that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.
Isaiah 26:20 Come, my people, enter your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course.
tranquility, rest, peace

State in which humans with an agitated and fearful mind have found new confidence

Examples
Job 21:13 “They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

אֶחָדone 1
קָטָןsmall 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אַףanger, nose 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שִׂמְחָהjoy 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

13 occurrences in 5 groups

כlike/as 10
לto/for 8
בin/on/with 4
כְּמוֹas, like 2
עַדto, as far as, until 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

Time002002002010: The word means a moment or instant, directly illustrated by the warning that God would destroy Israel "in your midst for just one moment" (Exodus 33:5), the plea that rebels be consumed "instantly" (Numbers 16:21), a "brief moment" of grace shown to the remnant (Ezra 9:8), and Job tested "every moment" (Job 7:18).
Confident002001002003: This domain is shared with the related word for a lasting "moment" (רָגַע (râgaʻ, H7280)); it is not independently illustrated by this word's own sampled citations, which all concern brief or sudden time rather than confidence.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

רָגַע râgaʻ · H7280 · for a moment, to act in a moment, to act suddenly · 13×רֶגַעregaʻ · H7281מַרְגּוֹעַ margôwaʻ · H4771 · rest · 1×מַרְגֵּעָה margêʻâh · H4774 · rest · 1×רָגֵעַ râgêaʻ · H7282 · quiet · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7281. rega רֶ֫גַע noun masculine a moment (Late Hebrew id.;ריגעא ᵑ7 Ecc 9:12: probably…

H7281. rega
רֶ֫גַע noun masculine a moment (Late Hebrew id.;ריגעא ᵑ7 Ecc 9:12: probably properly a movement, i.e. twinkling, of the eye; compare momentum, i.e. movimentum); — absolute רָ֑נַע ׳ר, Num 16:21 +, plural רְגָעִים; —
a. Psa 30:6 ׳ר בְּאַמּוֺ a moment (passes) in his anger (opposed to ברצונו חיים); Isa 54:7 ׳בְּר קָטֹן during a little moment
b. usually in adverb phrases: — (a) as adverb accusative, (a) Exo 33:5 ׳ר אֶהָד for one moment, so ׳ר alone Isa 54:8; repeated Jer 18:7, Jer 18:9 רֶגַע ֗֗֗ רֶגַע at another moment; . . . at another moment; (β) in a moment, suddenly, Psalm 6:11 רָ֑גַע יֵבשׁוּ יָשׁוּבוּ, Jer 4:20; Isa 47:9; Job 34:20. (b) בְּרֶגַע in a moment Job 21:13 ׳ובר יַחַ֫תּוּ שְׁאוֺל (of a quick and painless death; but see Job 34:20; Psa 73:19: Hoffm Buhl Baer Bu Du [compare ᵐ5 ἐν ἀναπαύσει, בְּמַרְגּוֺעָא ᵑ7] take רֶגַע (or read רְגֹעַ) as substantive [√ II. רָגַע] in tranquility, of a peaceful death). So (c) ׳כְּר Num 16:21 = Num 17:10 כְּרָ֑גַע אֶתֵכֶם וַאֲכַלֶּה, Psa 73:19. (d) ר ׳כְּמוֺ Lam 4:6. (e) רָ֑גַע עֲדֵי while a moment lasts Job 20:5. (f) ר ׳כִּמְעַט like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment Isa 26:20; Ezr 9:8. (g) plural לִרְגָעִים by moments, at every moment, Isa 27:8; Eze 26:16 ל ׳וְחָֽרְדוּ (so Eze 32:10), Job 7:18 (|| לִבְקָרִים).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Confident1 occurrence Time21 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0