רֶוַחrevach
room, literally (an interval) or figuratively (deliverance)
Pronunciation: reh'-vakh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7305
Meanings
1. space, interval (Genesis 32:17)
2. respite, relief (Esther 4:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 32:16 He divided these animals into herds and assigned each to different servants. Then he told his servants, “Go ahead of me with the animals, but keep some distance between the herds.”
- Esther 4:14 If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance and relief for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. Who knows if perhaps you were made queen for just such a time as this?”
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).