רָחָב II, רְחָבָה f. (b. h.; preced.) wide, broad. Midd. IV, 7 מה ארי צר … ור׳ מלפניו וכ׳ (not ורוחב) as the lion’s body is narrow behind and wide in front, so was the Temple &c.; a. fr.—נפש ר׳ (wide desire,) ambition, greed, opp. שפלה. Ab. V, 19; a. e.—יד ר׳, v. יָד.—Pl. רְחָבִים, רְחָבִין; רְחָבוֹת. Tanḥ. B’haʿăl. 5 שהיו ר׳ מבחוץ וכ׳ they (the Temple windows) were wide without &c., v. preced.; Tanḥ. T’tsav. 6; Num. R. s. 15, beg. Y. Sot. IX, 24ᵃ bot., v. צַר; a. fr.
רָחָב II
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רָחָב II , רְחָבָה f. (b. h.; preced. ) wide, broad . Midd. IV, 7 מה ארי צר … ור׳ מלפניו וכ׳ (not ורוחב ) as the lion’s body is narrow behind and…
References
- Jastrow, רָחַב 1
- Mishnah Middot 4:7
- Pirkei Avot 5:19
- Jastrow, יָד 1
- Bamidbar Rabbah 15:7
- Jerusalem Talmud Sotah 9:6:3
- Jastrow, צַר I 1