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title: רַגְלִי — on foot · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַגְלִי (7273), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: on foot. BDB 1906: adj. on foot. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַגְלִי

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«רַגְלִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **on foot** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 7273 · **BDB:** רַגְלִי

### Glosses

foot.soldier\[s\] (7); on.foot (4); foot.soldiers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

on foot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7273/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. on foot [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7273/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. on foot;—אִישׁ ר׳ (after num.) footmen, especially foot-soldiers, Ju 20:2; 2 S 8:4 = 1 Ch 18:4; 1 Ch 19:18 (פָּרָשִׁים in ‖ 2 S 10:18); elsewhere ר׳ as subst., usually coll., of Isr. at Exod. Ex 12:37; Nu 11:21 (both JE); = foot-soldiery 1 S 4:10; 15:4; 2 S 10:6; 1 K 20:29; 2 K 13:7; n. pl. רַגְלִים footmen, men on foot Je 12:5 (opp. הַסּוּסִיס).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 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 «רַגְלִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7273/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 12:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.37/)

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וַיִּסְע֧וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מֵרַעְמְסֵ֖ס סֻכֹּ֑תָה כְּשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֨וֹת אֶ֧לֶף רַגְלִ֛י הַגְּבָרִ֖ים לְבַ֥ד מִטָּֽף׃

*Word for word:* and they.set.out the.people of.Israel from Rameses to Succoth \[were\].about six hundred(s) thousand foot.soldier\[s\] the men apart from little.one\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, beside children.

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[Judges 20:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.2/)

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וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּ פִּנּ֣וֹת כָּל־הָעָ֗ם כֹּ֚ל שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּקְהַ֖ל עַ֣ם הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אַרְבַּ֨ע מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֛לֶף אִ֥ישׁ רַגְלִ֖י שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חָֽרֶב׃פ

*Word for word:* and they.presented.themselves the.corners of.all the people all the.tribes of.Israel in the.assembly of.the.people of.(the) God four hundred(s) thousand man on.foot \[who\].drew a.sword

*JPS 1917:* And the chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. —

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