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title: רגן — murmur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רגן (5372), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: murmur. BDB 1906: vb. murmur, whisper. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רגן

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«רגן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **murmur** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 5372 · **BDB:** רָגַן

### Glosses

a.slanderer (2); of.a.slanderer (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

murmur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/5372/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. murmur, whisper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/5372/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. murmur, whisper (NH id.; 𝔗 Ithpe. backbite, slander);— murmur (rebelliously): Pt. pl. רוֹגְנִים Is 29:24 murmurers; Impf. 3 mpl. וַיֵּרָֽגְנוּ ψ 106:25 and they murmured in their tents, so 2 mpl. וַיֵרָֽגְנוּ Dt 1:27. whisper (maliciously), backbite, slander: Pt. נִרְגָּן backbiter Pr 16:28; 18:8; 26:20, 22.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רגן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/5372/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.28/)

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אִ֣ישׁ תַּ֭הְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּ֣ח מָד֑וֹן וְ֝נִרְגָּ֗ןמַפְרִ֥יד אַלּֽוּף׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.perversiti(es) he.sends.out strife and a.slanderer \[is\].separating a.close.friend

*JPS 1917:* A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.

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[Proverbs 18:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.18.8/)

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דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].words of.a.slanderer \[are\].like delicacies and they they.go.down \[the\].chambers of.\[the\].belly

*JPS 1917:* The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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