רֶגַע

n.m. a moment (NH id.; 𝔗 רינעא Ec 9:12: prob. properly a movement, i.e. twinkling, of the eye; cf. momentum, i.e. movimentum);—abs. ר׳, רָ֑גַע Nu 16:21 +, pl. רְגָעִים;— ψ 30:6 ר׳ בְּאַפּוֹ a moment (passes) in his anger (opp. היים ברצונו); Is 54:7 בְּר׳ קָטֹן during a little moment. usually in adv. phrases:—(a) as adv. acc., (α) Ex 33:5 ר׳ אֶהָד for one moment, so ר׳ alone Is 54:8; repeated Je 18:7, 9 רֶגַע … רֶגַע at one moment … at another moment; (β) in a moment, suddenly, ψ 6:11 יָשׁוּבוּ יֵבשׁוּ רָ֑גַע, Je 4:20; Is 47:9; Jb 34:20. (b) בְּרֶגַע in a moment Jb 21:13 ובר׳ שְׁאוֹל יֵחַ֫תּוּ (of a quick and painless death; but see 34:20 ψ 73:19: Hoffm Buhl Beer Bu Du [cf. 𝔊 ἐν ἀναπαύσει, 𝔗 בְּמַרְגּוֹעָא] take רֶגַע (or read רְגֹעַ) as subst. [√ II. רָגַע] in tranquillity, of a peaceful death). So (c) בִּר׳ Nu 16:21 = 17:10 יַאֲכַלֶּה אֹתָם בְּרָ֑גַע, ψ 73:19. (d) בְּמוֹ ר׳ La 4:6. (e) עֲדֵי רָ֑גַע while a moment lasts Jb 20:5. (f) כִּמְעַט ר׳ like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment Is 26:20; Ezr 9:8. (g) pl. לִרְגָעִים by moments, at every moment, Is 27:3; Ez 26:16 וְהָֽרְדוּ ל׳ (so 32:10), Jb 7:18 (‖ לִבְקָרִים).