Lexical Definition

‎רָחַב‎ râchab (raw-khab') to enlarge ^H:V
a primitive root

be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.

• to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)

1) to be or grow wide, be or grow large
1a) (Qal) to be widened, be enlarged
1b) (Niphal) broad or roomy pasture (participle)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make large
1c2) to enlarge

See Greek: ἀνοίγω · ἐξίστημι · εὐρύχωρος · πλατύνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎רָחַב‎ [? also ‎רָחֹב‎, so Lag^{BN 31}; compare also Id^{ib. 52 f.}] verb be, or grow, wide, large (Late Hebrew in derived species (rare) and derivatives; Arabic , Ethiopic Sabean in epithet of deity Fell^{ZMG liv (1900), 249}, and proper name CIS^{iv, no. 1, 3 etc}.; Assyrian in rêbitu, open place; Aramaic ‎רְחַב‎ in derivatives ); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎פִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎ר‎ 1Sam 2:1, + ‎עַל‎ against (i.e. to devour, in figure; compare Hiph`il); consecutive ‎לְבָבֵךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎וּפָחַד וְר‎ Isa 60:5 be widened, enlarged, relieved, and expanded with joy (compare Hiph`il 2); 3 feminine singular ‎וְרָֽחֲבָה וְנָָֽסְבָה‎ Ezek 41:7 probably error, Co ‎רָחְבָּהּ וְנוֺסָפָה‎, Toy ‎וְהָרֹחַב נוֺסַף‎, Krae ‎וְיָָֽסְפוּ‎ ‎רָֽחֲבוּ‎ [‎וְ‎?]. Niph`al Participle as adjective ‎נִרְחָב‎ Isa 30:23 a broad, roomy, pasture. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִרְחִיב‎ Gen 26:22; Hab 2:5, ‎הִרְחִ֑ב‎ Isa 30:33 2 masculine singular ‎הִרְחַבְתָּ‎ Ps 4:2*, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַרְחִיב‎ Deut 12:20 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎הַרְחֶבֿ‎ Ps 81:11* (compare also Ps 25:17 below); feminine singular ‎הַרְחִיבִי‎ Isa 54:2, ‎הַרְחִבִי‎ Mic 1:16 Infinitive construct ‎הַרְחִיב‎ Amos 1:13 Participle ‎מַרְחִיב‎ Deut 33:20 —

1. make large, with accusative baldness Mic 1:16 (sign of mourning), fun. pile Isa 30:33 (accusative omitted; + ‎הֶעְמִיק‎); make wide, accusative couch Isa 57:8 (figurative).

2. enlarge limit of territory (‎גְּבוּל‎) Amos 1:13; Exod 34:24 (J), Deut 12:20; Deut 19:8, so ‎גָּ֑ד‎ ‎׳‎‎מַר‎ Deut 33:20, compare ‎מְקוֺם אָהֳלֵךְ‎ ‎׳‎‎הַר‎ Isa 54:2 (figurative); also absolute + ‎ל‎ person, ‎לָנוּ‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎׳‎‎הִר‎ Gen 26:22 (J), and (figurative of deliverance), ‎לִי‎ ‎׳‎‎בַּצָּר הִר‎ Ps 4:2* ‎לוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎מַתַּן אָדָם יַר‎ Prov 18:16 a man's gift makes room for him, gives access to patron; of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s enlarging the heart (‎לִבִּי‎) Ps 119:32 (compare Qal); ‎׳‎‎צָרוֺת לְבָבִי הִרְחִיכוּ מ‎ Ps 25:17 read probably (with most) Imperative ‎׳‎‎הַרְחֵ(י)ב ומ‎ (Bae ‎הִרְהִיבוּ‎, alarm, compare Song 6:5); with accusative ‎צַעֲדִי‎ my step, stride Ps 18:37* = 2Sam 22:37 (i.e. givest me firm footing and vigorous step, compare ‎צַעַד‎ 2); enlarge mouth, open it wide, with ‎עַל‎ person against Isa 57:4; Ps 35:21 (compare Qal); without ‎עַל‎, as a young bird to receive food, figurative, Ps 81:11* ‎׳‎‎הִר‎ ‎שְׁאוֺל נַפְשָׁהּ‎ Isa 5:14 (|| ‎פָּֽעֲרָה פִיהָ‎; ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎ 5 c), compare Hab 2:5.

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