Senses
1. broad place, open space — A broad, spacious, or open place, often used metaphorically for freedom or deliverance from distress; God brings the psalmist or suppliant out into a wide open space (merkhav). Across languages the spatial breadth is consistent: English 'broad place / wide place,' Spanish 'lugar espacioso,' Hindi विस्तार/खुले स्थान (open expanse), Arabic رُحْب (spaciousness), Korean 넓은 곳 (wide place), Swahili mahali pana (wide place). The three clusters differ only in preposition (in, to/into, through) and number (singular vs plural construct 'breadths of'), but all denote the same underlying concept of spacious openness as divine deliverance. 6×
AR["إِلى-مَراحِبِ","إِلَى-الرَّحْبَةِ","إِلَى-رُحْبٍ","بِ-رُحب","في-المَرعى","فِي-رُحْبٍ"]·ben["-প্রশস্ততায়","প্রশস্ত-স্থানে","বিস্তীর্ণ-স্থানে","বিস্তীর্ণে","বিস্তৃতি-"]·DE["[במרחב]","[למרחבי]","hinein-ein-broad-Ort","in-der-broad-Ort","in-ein-broad-Ort","zu-breit-Ort"]·EN["in-a-broad-place","in-broad-place","in-the-broad-place","into-a-broad-place","through-the-breadths-of-","to-wide-place"]·FR["dans-liberté","large-espace","à-large-lieu","à-liberté"]·heb["ב-מרחב","ל-מרחב","ל-מרחבי-"]·HI["खुले-स्थान-में","चौड़ाइ-","में-खुले-मैदान","में-स्थान-खुले","ले-खुले-स्थान-में","विस्तार-में"]·ID["dengan-kelapangan","di-padang-yang-luas","ke-lebar-lebar-","ke-tempat-lapang","ke-tempat-yang-lapang"]·IT["a-largo-luogo","distesa","vastita'"]·jav["dhateng-papan-jembar","dhateng-wiyar","ing-papan-jembar"]·KO["-에게-넓은-곳","넓은-곳-에","넓은-곳-에서","넓은-곳-으로","에-넓은-곳-들"]·PT["a-lugar-espaçoso","em-lugar-amplo","na-amplitude","no-lugar-amplo","para-largura","para-larguras-de-"]·RU["на-простор","на-просторе","по-просторам"]·ES["a-lo-ancho","a-los-anchos-de-","a-lugar-espacioso","en-amplitud","en-el-espacio-amplio","en-lugar-espacioso"]·SW["katika-nafasi","kwa-upana-wa","mahali-pakubwa","mahali-pana","mahali-penye-nafasi"]·TR["geniş-yerde","geniş-yere-","genişliklerine-","genlşliğe"]·urd["-کشادگی-میں","وسعتوں-میں","کشادگی-میں","کشادہ-چراگاہ-میں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מֶרְחָב n.[m.] broad, roomy, place;—abs. מ׳, of pasture Ho 4:16 (in sim.); fig. of freedom from distress and anxiety 2 S 22:20 = ψ 18:20, ψ 31:9; 118:5 (MT cstr. in מֶרְחַבְיָה spacious place of Yah, i.e. extraordinarily spacious, מֶרְחָב יָהּ, יָהּ being subj. of vb.); pl. cstr. מֶרְחֲבֵי־אֶרֶץ Hb 1:6 expanses of the earth.