--- title: רָגַז — be agitated · The Tanakh dictionary description: רָגַז (7264), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 41 times: be agitated. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7264.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512.md)‎ / רָגַז‎ # רָגַז «רָגַז» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be agitated** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 41 times · **Key:** 7264 · **BDB:** רָגַז ### Glosses they.trembled (3); it.trembled (2); it.will.be.agitated (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) be agitated [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7264/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. Hiph. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7264/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** vb. be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed (Ph. Iph. (+ Inf. abs. Qal) disquiet, disturb, Inscr. Tabn.4.6.7; NH Hiph. provoke to wrath; رجز tremble (with rage, fear, Dozy); v, viii, rumble (of thunder, Frey), رَجَزٌ a trembling disease (of camels), etc.; Aramaic רְגַז tremble, rage, ܪܓܰܙ be enraged; Zinj. רגז wrath, Lzb 367);— Pf. 3 ms. consec. וְרָגַז Pr 29:9, 3 fs. רָֽגְזָה Is 14:9 +, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יִרְגַּז 2 S 7:10; 1 Ch 17:9, 2 fs. וַתִּרְגְּזִי Ez 16:43 (but v. infr.); 3 mpl. יִרְגְּזוּן Hb 3:7, יִרְגָּז֑וּן Ex 15:14, etc.; Imv. ms. רְגָ֫זָה (Ges§ 48 i) Is 32:11, mpl. רִגְזוּ ψ 4:5;—quake, subj. אֶרֶץ 1 S 14:15 Am 8:8 (עַל rei), ψ 77:19 (+ רָעַשׁ), Jo 2:10 (לִפְנֵי of locusts; ‖ רעשׁ), Pr 30:21 (תַּחַת pers.); subj. מוֹסְדֵי הָרִים ψ 18:8 (‖ רעשׁ), = 2 S 22:8 (מוֹסְדוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם; ‖ id.); הֶהָרִים Is 5:25; תְּהֹמוֹת ψ 77:17; of tent-curtains Hb 3:7 (fig. of terror of tent-dwellers); of people, in dread, c. מִפְּנֵי pers. Dt 2:25 (‖ חול), Is 64:1; c. עַל rei Je 33:9 (+ פָּחַד); abs., Ex 15:14 (‖ חִיל אָחַז וגו׳), ψ 99:1 Jo 2:1; pregn. = come quivering Mi 7:17 (מִן loc.); of pers., in fear, awe, Gn 45:24 (ב loc.), Is 32:11 (‖ חָרַד), v 10 ψ 4:5, Hb 3:16 (תַּחְתַּי), cf. of בִּטְנִי Hb 3:16; quarrel Gn 45:24; be disquieted, 2 S 7:10 = 1 Ch 17:9; be excited, perturbed, of pers. 2 S 19:1 (by grief; cf. Dr). שְׁאוֹל Is 14:9 (surprise; ל pers.); in rage, c. ל at, Ez 16:43 (of Jerus. personif.; but read Hiph. (i.e. didst enrage me) 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙 𝔗 Hi Sm Co Berthol Toy Krae); prob. also וְר׳ וְשָׂחַק Pr 29:9; of י׳ Is 28:21. Pf. 3 ms. הִרְגִּיו Is 23:11; 2 ms. sf. הִרְגַּוְתַּנִי 1 S 28:15; Impf. 1 s. אַרְגִּיו Is 13:13; Inf. cstr. הִרְגִּיז (Ges§ 53 l) Je 50:34; Pt. מַרְגִּיז Is 14:16; Jb 9:6, pl. cstr. מַרְגִּיזֵי 12:6;—cause to quake, disquiet, enrage: cause earth to quake Is 14:16 (fig.; ‖ רעשׁ), Jb 9:6 shake earth מִמְּקוֹמָהּ; heavens Is 13:13 (‖ רעשׁ); kingdoms 23:11; cause disquiet, c. ל pers., Je 50:34 (‖ רגע); = disturb 1 S 28:15 (cf. Ph. תרגזן, Inscr. Tabn.4 DrSm xxviii); = enrage, provoke, מַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל Jb 12:6; so also prob. Ez 16:43 (reading תַּרְגִּזִי לִי), v. Qal ad fin. excite oneself, only Inf. cstr. sf. הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אלי thine exciting thyself (to rage) against me, 2 K 19:27, 28 = Is 37:28, 29. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «רָגַז» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7264/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Exodus 15:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.14/) שָֽׁמְע֥וּ עַמִּ֖ים יִרְגָּז֑וּן חִ֣יל אָחַ֔ז יֹשְׁבֵ֖י פְּלָֽשֶׁת׃ *Word for word:* they.have.heard peoples they tremble anguish it.has.seized the.inhabitants of.Philistia *JPS 1917:* The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. [Psalms 99:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.99.1/) יְהוָ֣ה מָ֭לָךְ יִרְגְּז֣וּ עַמִּ֑ים יֹשֵׁ֥ב כְּ֝רוּבִ֗ים תָּנ֥וּט הָאָֽרֶץ׃ *Word for word:* Yahweh he.reigns let.them.tremble peoples \[he.is\].sitting cherubim let.it.quake the earth *JPS 1917:* The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake. - ← previous: [רֶגֶב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7263.md) - next →: [רֹגֶז](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7267.md) - ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512.md)