Moment Instant

† רֶ֫גַע 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;— a. ψ 30:6 ר׳ בְּאַפּוֹ a moment (passes) in his anger (opp. היים ברצונו); Is 54:7 בְּר׳ קָטֹן during a little moment. b. 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).

† I. רָגַע vb. disturb (NH Hiph. move to and fro; perhaps transp. from Arabic رَعَجَ disturb, BAES 8);— Qal Pf. Jb 26:12 בְּכֹחוֹ רָגַע הַיָּם; Pt. cstr. (Ges 65d. 116 g, x), Je 31:35 = Is 51:15 רֹגַע הַיָּם וַיֶּהֱמוּ גַלָּיו. Hiph. denom. from רֶגַע make a twinkling, only 1 s. Impf. cohort. וְעַד אַרְגִּ֫יעָה לְשׁוֹן שָׁ֑קֶר and while I would twinkle (= only for a moment: cf. Jb 20:5) is the false tongue (opp. תִּכּוֹן לָעַד), Pr 12:19 (cf. De); and כִּי אַרְגִּ֫יעָה אֲרִיצֶנּוּ מֵעָלֶיהָ I will twinkle and (= I will in a moment, Ges§ 120 g; cf. Hi) chase them away from it, Je 49:19 = 50:44. (Ba§ 86 as subst. = רֶגַע, of the very rare type ʾaqtîl; -ה as Ges§ 90 f.)

ἄτομος, ον, uncut, unmown, λειμώνRefs 5th c.BC+in lumps, Refs 1st c.AD+; ἄτομον, τό, ={ὑοσκύαμος}, uncertain in Ps.-Refs 1st c.AD+ __2 Grammars, of words, not compound, Refs 1st c.BC+ __II that cannot be cut, indivisible, γραμμαίRefs 4th c.BC+; especially of particles of matter, ἐτεῇ ἄτομα (i.e. σώματα) καὶ κενόνRefs 4th c.BC+ __II.2 of Time, οὐχ οἷόν τε εἰς ἀ. χρόνους διαιρεῖσθαι τὸν χρόνονRefs 4th c.BC+; ἐν ἀτόμῳ in a moment, NT+2nd c.AD+ __II.2.b metaphorically, infinitely small, διαφοραίRefs 1st c.AD+ __III in Logic, individual, of terms, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the εἶδος, Refs 4th c.BC+ __III.2 individual, Refssubstantive ἄτομον, τό,Refs 3rd c.AD+ __III.3 of the summum genus, πρὶν εἰς τὰ ἄ. ἐλθεῖνRefs 4th c.BC+. adverb ἀτόμως, ὑπάρχειν immediately, without the intervention of a middle term, Refs

ῥῑπ-ή, ἡ, (ῥίπτω) poet. Noun, swing or force with which anything is thrown, ὅσση δ᾽ αἰγανέης ῥιπὴ.. τέτυκται as far as is the flight of a javelin, Refs 8th c.BC+; πέτριναι ῥ. Refs 5th c.BC+; βελέων ῥ. Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς.. Βορέαο the sweep or rush of the N. wind, Refs 8th c.BC+ (Lyric poetry, here metaphorically of gusts of passion, compare Refs; ῥ. Διόθεν τεύχουσα φόβον storm, Refs 4th c.BC+; ῥ. πυρός rush of fire, Refs 8th c.BC+; κεραυνῶν, χαλάζης, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ὑπὸ ῥιπῇς Ἀφροδίτης, of love, Refs 2nd c.AD+; νυχιᾶν (ἐννυχιᾶν Lachm.) ἀπὸ ῥιπᾶν from the night storms, i.e. from the “North”, the land of darkness and storms, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 πτερύγων ῥιπαί flapping of wings, Refs 5th c.BC+; buzz of a gnat's wing, Refs 4th c.BC+; of the lyre's quivering notes, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 quivering, twinkling light, ῥιπαὶ ἄστρων Refs 5th c.BC+ __3.b of any rapid movement, ῥ. ποδῶν Refs 5th c.BC+; ῥ. ὠκυάλῳ, of a dolphin, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of a bird's wing, οὐδὲ τινάσσει ῥιπήν Refs 3rd c.BC+; ἐν ῥ. ὀφθαλμοῦ the twinkling of an eye, NT __4 a strong smell, ῥ. οἴνου Refs 5th c.BC+

στιγ-μή, ἡ, spot on a bird's plumage, Alex.Mynd. cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+; brand-mark, Refs 1st c.BC+ __2 mathematical point, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὅσον σ. αἱματίνη 'a speck of blood', Refs 4th c.BC+ __3 metaphorically of anything very small, jot, tittle, εἴ γ᾽ εἶχε στιγμὴν ἢ σκιὰν τούτων Refs 4th c.BC+; of time, LXX+4th c.BC+; ἐν σ. χρόνου in a moment, NT+1st c.AD+; ἐν σ. without χρόνου, Refs 2nd c.AD+; στιγμῇ καιρο,= puncto temporis, Refs __II Grammars, ς. or τελεία σ. full stop, period, μέση σ. colon, Refs 2nd c.BC+ see at {Νικάνω; σ. πᾶσα σημεῖον αὐτοτελείας} Refs 2nd c.AD+