Lexical Definition

‎מֶרְחָב‎ merchâb (mer-khawb') broad ^H:N-M
from ‎רָחַב‎

breadth, large place (room).

• enlargement, either literally (an open space, usually in a good sense), or figuratively (liberty)

1) broad or roomy place, wide, expanses

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מֶרְחָב‎ noun [masculine] broad, roomy, place; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎, of pasture Hos 4:16 (in simile); figurative of freedom from distress and anxiety 2Sam 22:20 = Ps 18:20*; Ps 31:9*; Ps 118:5 (ᵑ0 construct in ‎מֶרְחַבְיָה‎ spacious place of Yah, i.e. extraordinarily spacious, < ‎מֶרְחָב יָהּ‎, ‎יָהּ‎ being subject of verb); plural construct ‎מֶרְחֲבֵיאֶֿרֶץ‎ Hab 1:6 expanses of the earth.

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