Lexical Definition

‎רָגַע‎ râgaʻ (raw-gah') to disturb ^H:V
a primitive root

break, divide, find ease, be a moment, (cause, give, make to) rest, make suddenly.

• properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils)
• figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e. quiet
• specifically, to wink (from the motion of the eye-lids)

1) to act in an instant, stir up, disturb
1a) (Qal) to stir up, disturb
1b) (Hiphil) to make a twinkling
2) to rest or repose, be at rest or repose, settle, quiet, give rest
2a) (Niphal)
2a1) to cause to rest (of sword, of the sea)
2a2) to wink (with prep)
2b) (Hiphil)
2b1) to give rest to
2b2) to rest, repose
3) to harden

See Greek: ἀναπαύω · ἐξαίρω · καταπαύω · κραυγή · ταράσσω · ταχέως · τάχιον · ταχύ · ταχύς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רָגַע‎ verb disturb (Late Hebrew Hiph`il move to and fro; perhaps transposed from Arabic disturb, Ba^{ES 8}); —

Qal Perfect Job 26:12 ‎בְּכֹחוֺ רָגַע הַיָם‎; Participle construct (Ges^{65d. 116 g. x}), Jer 31:35 = Isa 51:15 ‎רֹגַע הַיָם‎ ‎וַיֶהֱמוּ גַלָּיו‎. Hiph`il denominative from ‎רֶגַע‎ make a twinkling, only 1 singular Imperfect cohortative ‎וְעַד אִרְגִּ֫יעָה‎ ‎לְשׁוֺן שָׁ֑קֶר‎ and while I would twinkle (= only for a moment: compare Job 20:5) is the false tongue opposed to ‎תִּכּוֺן לָעַד‎, Prov 12:19 (compare De); and ‎כִּי אִרְגִּ֫יעָה‎. ‎אֲרִיעֶנּוּ מֵעָלֶיתָ‎ I will twinkle and (= I will in a moment, Ges^{«GKC:120g»§ 120g}; compare Hi) chase them away from it, Jer 49:19 = Jer 50:44. (Ba^{§ 86 as substantive} = ‎רֶגַע‎, of the very rare type 'aqtîl; ‎ה‎-; as Ges^{«GKC:90»§ 90} f.)

II. ‎רָגַע‎ verb be at rest, repose (probably = Arabic return, properly return to rest, after wanderings, etc.); —

Niph`al imperative 2 feminine singular Jer 47:6 (of sword) be gathered into thy scabbard, ‎הֵרָֽגְעִי‎ ‎וָדֹ֫מִּי‎ repose, and be still. Hiph`il a. transitive give rest to; — Infinitive construct Jer 31:2 ‎הָלוֺךְ לְהַרְגִּיעוֺ‎ I will go to give him (Israel) rest, Jer 50:34 ‎לְמַעַן הִרְגִּיעַ אתהֿאדץ‎ (on ‎׳‎‎הִ‎, see Ges^{«GKC:53l»§ 53l} Dr^{Deut 7:24}; read probably ‎׳‎‎הַ‎); Isa 51:4 ‎ומשׁפטי לאור עמים אַרְגִּיעַ‎ usually I will cause my judgment (religion) to repose as, etc. (i.e. I will establish it; compare ‎שִׂים‎ Isa 42:4); but metaphor strange: hence Bachm Che Marti (joining to vIsa 42:5) ‎צִדְקִי‎ (< ‎אֲקָרֵב‎ Isa 46:13) ‎אַרְגִּיעַ אַקְרִיב‎ in a moment (I. ‎רָגַע‎ Hiph`il) will I bring near, etc., Du ‎הִרְגִּיעַ‎ ‎קָרֵב‎, Oort Ry Kit ‎בְּרֶנַע קָרֵב‎ (compare ᵐ5 ἐγγίζει ταχύ).
b. intransitive rest, repose, Deut 28:65 ‎ובגוים ההם לא‎ ‎תַרְגִּיעַ‎, Isa 34:14 ‎שָׁם הִרְגִּ֫יעָה לִילִית‎. So Eccl 36:31.

III. ‎רָגַע‎ verb harden (Ethiopic coagulate, congeal: possibly a special development of √ see II. ‎׳‎‎ר‎); — Job 7:5 ‎רָגַע עוֺרִי וַיִמָּאֵס‎ my skin hardens, and (then) runs again (II. ‎מָאַס‎), of the ulcers in elephantiasis.

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