רָוַחrâvach

be wide, spacious

Pronunciation: raw-vakh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7304

Meanings

Qal: was enlargement, relief, there may be relief (1 Samuel 16:23; Job 32:20)

Pu`al: of rooms (Jeremiah 22:14)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 16:23 And whenever the tormenting spirit from God troubled Saul, David would play the harp. Then Saul would feel better, and the tormenting spirit would go away.
  • Job 32:20 I must speak to find relief, so let me give my answers.
  • Jeremiah 22:14 He says, ‘I will build a magnificent palace with huge rooms and many windows. I will panel it throughout with fragrant cedar and paint it a lovely red.’

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).