H7280C
רָגַע
to harden
to harden
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
רָגַע verb disturb (Late Hebrew Hiph`il move to and fro; perhaps transposed from Arabic disturb, BaES 8); —
Qal Perfect Job 26:12 בְּכֹחוֺ רָגַע הַיָם; Participle construct (Ges65d. 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 DrDeut 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.
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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