רוח

רֶוַוח, רֵוַח, רֵי׳m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) extension, wide space; interval. Gen. R. s. 74 אין … במקיםר׳ they (the eastern men) hold council only in an open and level place (where they are safe against spies); Yalk. ib. 130 בשדה דאית בהר׳; Koh. R. to VI, 23 במקום מְרוּוָּח (v. רָוַוח); Pesik. Par., p. 34a> במקום רחוק (corr. acc.). Gen. R. s. 19 (play on לרוּחַ היום, Gen. 3:8) לרי׳ היום for the extension of the day (in order to extend Adams day to Gods day, a thousand years); Pesik. R. s. 40 יום משלי … לר׳ היוםוכ׳ I will give him one of my days,‘to the extension of the dayI will give him Ḥull.V, 3 בזמן שאין לור׳ when there is no interval of time between the sale of the dam for slaughter and that of her young. Koh. R. to I, 7 ארבע …ר׳ ביןוכ׳ there was a space of four cubits between each two. Ber.15b שיתןר׳ בין הדבקים he must allow an interval between words that may easily run into each other; a. fr. 2) case, relief. Tosef.Sot.II, 3 שאם … בצער יולדת בר׳ if (before she was tested) she used to give birth with great pains, she would now do so with ease; Num. R. s. 941>; Ber.31b. Tanḥ. Vayishl. 8 כשהיית בצרה … בר׳וכ׳ when thou wast in trouble, thou didst make a vow, but now that thou art relieved, thou forgettest; a. e. 3) profit, gain. Midr. Till., to Ps. 92; Yalk. ib. 843 והיו … את הר׳ שהרויח and when the students saw the gain that he had made