רָוַח râvach — properly, to breathe freely, i.e. revive
Translated in the KJV as be refreshed, large.
a primitive root (identical with H7306); properly, to breathe freely, i.e. revive; by implication, to have ample room.
râvach in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 1Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 1
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›