Lexicon
רֶ֫גַע
re.ga
H7281
H:N-M Hebrew

moment

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Hebrew
Language

re.ga denotes a bounded point or short interval of time, whether brief, sudden, or repeatedly occurring.

The noun marks a bounded point or short interval of time. Its singular form frames a brief period or an event occurring suddenly, while the plural can describe recurring moments; the surrounding clauses supply such features as brevity, suddenness, or repetition.

Senses in use

  1. A bounded temporal point or short interval · dominant

    The singular noun places actions or conditions within a limited time: in Exodus 33:5 the APB renders a possible divine presence among the people as occurring “for a single moment,” and in Isaiah 54:7 it renders abandonment as “for a brief moment.” The same temporal framing can mark sudden outcomes, as in Job 34:20, where the APB renders death “in a moment,” or recurring intervals in the plural, as in Job 7:18, where testing occurs “every moment.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the temporal expression as “a single moment,” “a brief moment,” “in a moment,” “at one moment,” and “every moment.” These renderings reflect the clauses' temporal settings, but the translation does not align individual English words to the Hebrew noun.

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