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title: רְגַשׁ — be in tumult · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: רְגַשׁ (lemma:רְגַשׁ), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 3 times: be in tumult. BDB 1906: vb. be in tumult. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רְגַשׁ

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«רְגַשׁ» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be in tumult** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:רְגַשׁ · **BDB:** רְגַשׁ

### Glosses

they.came.as.a.crowd (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be in tumult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e9_5c1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be in tumult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e9_5c1/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be in tumult (𝔗; Syriac (rare; usually feel, perceive); v. BH (late, rare));— shew tumultuousness, come thronging: Pf. 3 mpl. הַרְגִּ֫שׁוּ c. עַל pers. Dn 6:7, 16, abs. v 12.

### Jastrow 1903

רְגַשׁ: to tremble, shake, be agitated; to moan Part. pass. affected; felt to stir up, shake, trouble; to set in motion to make bold, have the hardihood to to be excited, rage to be affected, feel; to be troubled to feel the scent of, trace, track Ithpa. to be shaken, troubled; to be excited, noisy [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e9_5c1/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** , to tremble, shake, be agitated; to moan. Targ. Ps. LXXII, 16 יִרְגּוֹשׁ Ms. (ed. יַרְגִּישׁ; h. text ירעש). Ib. XXXVIII, 9 רְגִישִׁית (h. text שאג׳). Ib. LV, 3; a. fr.—Part. pass. רָגִישׁ affected; felt. Yeb. 117ᵇ דר׳ לה צערא the annoyance of family troubles has been felt by her before (Ar. גִּישׁ, q. v.). Gen. R. s. 32 (ref. to בעצם, Gen. VII, 13) (Noah went into the ark in broad day-light) דר׳ ליה ימלל (a proverbial expression) let him whom it hurts speak out, i.e. let him who objects to my doings come forward; ib. s. 47 (ref. to בעצם, Gen. XVII, 23) דרָגֵשׁ ליה וכ׳ (some ed. דרַגְשָׁה); Cant. R. to IV, 6 דרגשה. to stir up, shake, trouble; to set in motion. Targ. Ps. LX, 4. Targ. Job XXXIX, 20. Targ. Josh. VII, 3 (h. text תְּיַגַּע). Targ. Y. I Deut. XXXIV, 5; a. fr.—Snh. 95ᵃ (quoted fr. Targ. Is. X, 32) הלא דא … אַרְגְּשִׁית כל וכ׳ (Targ. l. c. אַרְגֵּישִׁית) is this the city of Jerusalem for which I set all my camps in motion?; Yalk. Is. 284.—Trnsf. (with אפא) to make bold, have the hardihood to. Pesik. Ănokhi, p. 138ᵇ הא אַרְגִּישְׁתּוּן אפכון have you dared (to come back)? Ib. הא אַרְגְּשַׁת אפך hast thou the hardihood (to come back to me)?; v. גּוּשׁ I.—2) to be excited, rage. Targ. Ps. XLII, 12; XLIII, 5 (ed. Wil. תִּרְגְּ׳; Ms. תתרגושי; h. text תהמי). Ib. LXXII, 16, v. supra; a. e.—Gen. R. s. 17 א׳ בה וכ׳ he was angry with her (scolded her) the first day, the second day \&c. to be affected, feel; to be troubled. Sabb. 129ᵃ א׳ בנפשיה he felt himself (felt weak). Yoma 22ᵇ; B. Kam. 20ᵇ ולא מַרְגֵּישׁ, v. חֲלִי. to feel the scent of, trace, track. Targ. Y. Ex. II, 3. ; Ithpa. אִתְרַגֵּשׁ to be shaken, troubled; to be excited, noisy. Targ. II Sam. XXII, 8; Targ. Ps. XVIII, 8. Ib. XLII, 12; XLIII, 5, v. supra. Ib. II, 1. Ib. LIX, 7; a. e.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רְגַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b0_5d2_5b7_5e9_5c1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.12/)

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אֱ֠דַיִן גֻּבְרַיָּ֤א אִלֵּךְ֙ הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּ וְהַשְׁכַּ֖חוּ לְדָנִיֵּ֑אל בָּעֵ֥א וּמִתְחַנַּ֖ן קֳדָ֥ם אֱלָהֵֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* then the men these they.came.as.a.crowd and they.found (et) Daniel asking and imploring.favor before God his

*JPS 1917:* Then these men came tumultuously, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

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[Daniel 6:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.7/)

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אֱ֠דַיִן סָרְכַיָּ֤א וַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא֙ אִלֵּ֔ן הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ עַל־מַלְכָּ֑א וְכֵן֙ אָמְרִ֣ין לֵ֔הּ דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

*Word for word:* then the overseers and the satraps these they.came.as.a.crowd to the king and as.follows \[they.were\].saying to him O.Darius the king forever live!

*JPS 1917:* Then these presidents and satraps came tumultuously to the king, and said thus unto him: 'King Darius, live for ever!

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