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