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regaʿ רֶ֫גַע ‘moment’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from rāgaʿ רָגַע ‘to disturb / to rest / to harden’ . a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
Roots: רגע

regaʿ n, m
1) a moment
adv
2) for a moment, at one moment...at another moment
with prep
3) in a moment

Mentioned in Exodus 33:5 Numbers 16:21, 17:10 Isaiah 47:9, 54:8, 27:3, 26:20, 54:7 Jeremiah 18:7, 4:20, 18:9 Ezekiel 32:10, 26:16 Psalms 6:11, 73:19, 30:6 Proverbs 12:19 Job 34:20, 7:18, 21:13, 20:5 Lamentations 4:6 Ezra 9:8

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