Broad
ra.chav describes expansive extent, chiefly of land and other spaces, and also of objects or inward dispositions.
The dominant use describes the extent of land and other spaces: land is presented as open or ample, and the sea, rivers, city, and a place for walking are likewise characterized by breadth. The adjective also qualifies objects and measures, including a cup, wall, breach, and commandment, while a smaller group applies it to a soul, heart, and the phrase rendered “fallow ground.”
Senses in use
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Expansive land and spaces · dominant
In Exodus 3:8 the feminine singular absolute form qualifies the land to which the people are to be brought; the APB renders it “a good and spacious land.” The same spatial use appears where the land lies before the men in Genesis 34:21, the city is “large and spacious” in Nehemiah 7:4, and the sea is rendered “broad of hands” in Psalm 104:25.
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Wide extent of an object or measure · common
The adjective marks dimensions or extent beyond inhabited space: in Ezekiel 23:32 the APB describes the sister's cup as “the deep and the broad,” and in Job 11:9 it says the measure is “broader than the sea.” It also occurs with a wall in Jeremiah 51:58 and with a breach in Job 30:14.
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Breadth applied to inward or nonspatial terms · occasional
In Proverbs 28:25, Psalm 101:5, and Proverbs 21:4, construct forms occur with “soul,” “heart,” and the phrase the APB renders “fallow ground of the wicked.” Psalm 119:96 applies the feminine singular absolute form to the commandment, which the APB renders “very broad”; the precise contribution in these nonspatial clauses is less isolated by the translation.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the spatial passages, the APB uses “broad,” “spacious,” and “large,” as in Exodus 3:8, Nehemiah 7:4, and Psalm 104:25. In other clauses it renders the surrounding expression with “broad” or “wider,”, especially where the adjective modifies inward or nonspatial terms.