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רֶוַח

𐤓𐤅𐤇

revach

H7305 noun

SILEX Entry

Root רוח to be wide, to enlarge, to relieve

Definition

A space or interval; an area of openness—physical or metaphorical—that allows freedom of movement or relief from constraint. In extended contexts, 'relief (from distress or danger),' 'deliverance,' or 'ease.' Used of literal physical space or figuratively for rescue from pressure, danger, or oppression.

Semantic Range

open space, interval, area of freedom, relief from danger or distress, deliverance, ease, enlargement

Root / Etymology

From the root רוח, which means 'to be wide, spacious, relieve.' The noun רֶוַח derives from this root, signifying not only literal spatial openness but also relief or deliverance metaphorically.

Historical & Contextual Notes

רֶוַח appears rarely in the Hebrew Bible and always in contexts emphasizing a transition from constraint to freedom or from danger to safety. For example, in Esther 4:14, it refers to 'relief and deliverance' arising for the community in place of impending peril. In other passages, it can denote the literal idea of open space or width (interval, expansion). Later biblical Hebrew tends to favor more specific words for 'deliverance' (such as יְשׁוּעָה), but רֶוַח preserves the sense of spatial and existential openness. English translations do not always distinguish between these nuanced meanings, sometimes narrowly rendering it as 'deliverance' or 'enlargement.' In post-biblical Hebrew, the term continued to connote both spatial width and abstract relief from trouble.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from רָוַח; room, literally (an interval) or figuratively (deliverance); enlargement, space.

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Root Family

רוח (r-w-ḥ) — to be wide, to enlarge, to relieve

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H7304 רָוַח those given relief
H7306 רוּחַ I cause to smell
H7307 רוּחַ wind-breath
H7308 רוּחַ breath-wind of
H7309 רְוָחָה breathing space

Word Forms

2 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H7305-02 וְ/רֶ֣וַח verevach HC/Ncmsa and space open space 1
H7305-01 רֶ֣וַח revach HNcmsa relief open relief-space 1

Occurrences in Scripture

2 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H7305-02 Genesis 32:17 וְ/רֶ֣וַח verevach HC/Ncmsa and space open space
H7305-01 Esther 4:14 רֶ֣וַח revach HNcmsa relief open relief-space
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