--- title: רֶגֶל — foot · The Tanakh dictionary description: רֶגֶל (7272), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 247 times: foot. BDB 1906: n.f. foot Hiph Hiph. 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[tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7272/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.f.Dt 8:4 (on sf. m. Ct 5:3 v. KöSynt. § 14 AlbrZAW (xvi, 1896, 76) xv (1895), 316 f.), foot (NH id.; Arabic رِجْلٌ leg, foot; Aramaic רַגְלָא, ܪܶܓܠܴܐ foot; Palm. sf. רגלה Lzb 368; transp. Zinj. (pl. cstr.) לגרי Id.ib., Mand. ליגרא NöM 102; cf. Ethiopic ሰረገላ vehicle Di347);—abs. ר׳ Ex 21:24 +, רָ֑גֶל v 24 +; cstr. רֶגֶל Nu 22:25 +; sf. רַגְלִי Gn 30:30 +, etc.; du. רַגְלַ֫יִם Is 28:3 +, רַגְלָ֑יִם 2 S 4:4 +; cstr. רַגְלֵי Gn 24:32 +; sf. רַגְלָי Nu 20:19 +, רַגְלֶיךָ Ex 3:5 +, etc.; pl. רְגָלִים 23:14 + 3 times (v. 2 infr.);— foot: human, Gn 18:4; 19:2 + 10 times of washing feet (רהץ); Ex 3:5; 4:25 + often; in fig. Dt 32:25 1 S 2:9 Je 2:25 Jb 12:5 + often; ר׳ גַּאֲוָה ψ 36:12 foot of pride; הֲדֹם לְר׳ 110:1; כַּף ר׳ sole of foot Dt 2:5; 11:24; 28:56, 65 + 6 times, + מִכַּף ר׳ וְעַד רֹאשׁ Is 1:6, cf. (וְעַד קדקד) 2 S 14:25 Dt 28:35 Jb 2:7; also מֵרֹאשׁ וְעַד ר׳ Lv 13:12; שָׁרְשֵׁי ר׳ Jb 13:27, v. שֹׁרֶשׁ; אֶצְבְּעוֹת ר׳ 2 S 21:20 = toes, בֹּהֶן ר׳ = great toe Ju 1:6, 7 Ex 29:20 + 6 times Lv; ר׳ = leg 1 S 17:6 (v. also f. ad fin.). anthrop. of God, Ex 24:10; 2 S 22:10 = ψ 18:10, Na 1:3; Hb 3:5; Is 60:13; Zc 14:4; כַּפּוֹת ר׳ Ez 43:7; הֲדֹם ר׳ Is 66:1 La 2:1 1 Ch 28:2 ψ 99:5; 132:7. of seraphim Is 6:2, Ezekiel’s חַיּוֹת Ez 1:7, 7 and (כַּף ר׳) v 7, cherubim 2 Ch 3:13; idols ψ 115:7. of animals: dove, כַּף ר׳ Gn 8:9 (J); שֶׁרֶץ עוֹף Lv 11:21, 23, שֶׁרֶץ v 42; calf, כַּף ר׳ Ez 1:7 (in sim.), בְּהֵמָה 29:11; Pharaoh under fig. of תַּנִּים 32:2; prob. of beast also Jb 39:15, indef. Is 28:3 (in fig.). of table Ex 25:26; 37:13 (P). f. phrases: †לְר׳ (ל 5 i) acc. to the pace of Gn 33:14(×2) (J; as fast as cattle, children, can go); at one’s guidance Dt 33:3; at one’s foot, i.e. at every step Gn 30:30 (J), Is 41:2, cf. Jb 18:11 (v. I. \[פּוּץ\] Hiph.); הלך לְר׳ 1 S 25:42, i.e. went where she went, cf. 2 S 15:16, 17, 18; †בְּר׳ on one’s feet, on foot, Nu 20:19 (JE), Dt 2:28 Ju 4:15, 17 ψ 66:6, שֻׁלַּח בְּר׳ Ju 5:15 (v. שׁלח), cf. Jb 18:8 (and רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ 30:12); אֲשֶׁר בְּר׳ (הַבְּהֵמָה, הַיְקוּם, הָעָם), i.e. which follow one, hence obey or belong to one, Ex 11:8 (J), Ju 4:10; 8:5 1 K 20:10; Dt 11:6 2 K 3:9, הַמִּתְהַלְּכִים בְּר׳ 1 S 25:27; נָשָׂא ר׳ †Gn 29:1 (E) = set out, but יָרִים אֶת־ר׳ †41:44 (E) lift the foot, i.e. make a movement, do anything; †euphemism מֵסִיךְ אֶת־ר׳ Ju 3:24, cf. 1 S 24:3 (Gi; van d. H. Baer v 4; v. I. \[סָכַךְ\] Hiph.); וַתְּפַשְּׂקִי אֶת־ר׳ לְ Ez 16:25 (v. פשׂק); הַיּוֹצֵת מִבֵּין ר׳ Dt 28:57 (v. יצא 1 h); מֵימֵי ר׳ Qr 2 K 18:27 = Is 36:12 (Kt שיניהם; v. מַיִם 3); שַׂעַר הָר׳ Is 7:20, i.e. hair of the private parts. pl. only in phr. שָׁלשׁ רְגָלִים three times (feet, paces, cf. פַּעַם Ex 23:14 (E), Nu 22:28, 32, 33 (J). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 94 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 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 «רֶגֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7272/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Isaiah 26:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.6/) תִּרְמְסֶ֖נָּה רָ֑גֶל רַגְלֵ֥י עָנִ֖י פַּעֲמֵ֥י דַלִּֽים׃ *Word for word:* it will.trample.it a.foot \[the\].feet of.\[the\].afflicted \[the\].footsteps of.poor.\[people\] *JPS 1917:* The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. [Isaiah 28:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.3/) בְּרַגְלַ֖יִם תֵּֽרָמַ֑סְנָה עֲטֶ֥רֶת גֵּא֖וּת שִׁכּוֹרֵ֥י אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ *Word for word:* with feet they.will.be.trampled the.crown of.(the).pride of.the.drunkards of.Ephraim *JPS 1917:* The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot; - ← previous: [רָגַל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7270.md) - next →: [רַגְלִי](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7273.md) - ↑ back to [ר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1512.md)