רֶגַע

רֶ֫גַע noun masculine a moment (Late Hebrew id.;ᵑ7 ריגעא Praed 9,12: probably properly a movement, i.e. twinkling, of the eye; compare momentum, i.e. movimentum); — absolute ׳ר, רָ֑נַע 4 Mos 16,21 +, plural רְגָעִים; —
\ \ a. Sl 30,6 בְּאַפּוֺ ׳ר a moment (passes) in his anger (opposed to חיים ברצונו); Es 54,7 קָטֹן ׳בְּר during a little moment
\ \ b. usually in adverb phrases: — (a) as adverb accusative, (a) 2 Mos 33,5 אֶהָד ׳ר for one moment, so ׳ר alone Es 54,8 repeated Jer 18,7; Jer 18,9 רֶגַע ֗֗֗ רֶגַע at another moment; . . . at another moment; (β) in a moment, suddenly, Sl 6,11 יָשׁוּבוּ יֵבשׁוּ רָ֑גַע, Jer 4,20; Es 47,9; Job 34,20.
\ \ \ (b) בְּרֶגַע in a moment Job 21,13 שְׁאוֺל יַחַ֫תּוּ ׳ובר (of a quick and painless death; but see Job 34,20; Sl 73,19: Hoffm Buhl Baer Bu Du [compare ᵐ5 ἐν ἀναπαύσει, ᵑ7 בְּמַרְגּוֺעָא] take רֶגַע (or read רְגֹעַ) as substantive [√ II. רָגַע] in tranquility, of a peaceful death). So
\ \ \ (c) ׳כְּר 4 Mos 16,21 = 4 Mos 17,10 וַאֲכַלֶּה אֶתֵכֶם כְּרָ֑גַע, Sl 73,19.
\ \ \ (d) ׳כְּמוֺ ר Klg 4,6.
\ \ \ (e) עֲדֵי רָ֑גַע while a moment lasts Job 20,5.
\ \ \ (f) ׳כִּמְעַט ר like the littleness of a moment = for a little moment Es 26,20; Ezr 9,8.
\ \ \ (g) plural לִרְגָעִים by moments, at every moment, Es 27,8; Ezk 26,16 ׳וְחָֽרְדוּ ל (so Ezk 32,10), Job 7,18 (|| לִבְקָרִים).