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Psalms 35:21

“Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רָחַבrâchab · raw-khab'
H7337 · Hebrew

Definition: to broaden (intransitive or transitive, literal or figurative)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: be an en-(make) large(-ing), make room, make (open) wide.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
יַּרְחִ֥יבוּ — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vhw3mp
Usage: Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 26:22 Exodus 34:24 Deuteronomy 12:20 Deuteronomy 19:8 Deuteronomy 33:20

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָחַב here.

Verse 20 Verse 22

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.