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title: רָגַם — stone · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָגַם (7275), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: stone. BDB 1906: vb. stone, kill by stoning. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָגַם

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«רָגַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stone** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 7275 · **BDB:** רָגַם

### Glosses

they.stoned (5); they.will.stone (4); they (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stone [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7275/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. stone, kill by stoning [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7275/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. stone, kill by stoning (denom.? cf. סקל; or orig. = throw, hurl? NH רָגַם throw at (rare); Arabic رَجَمَ throw stones at, stone, also (from accompaniment of stone-throwing) revile, curse, cf. Ethiopic ረገመ curse, WeHeid. 2. 111, 250; Aramaic רְגַם, ܪܓܰܡ stone);— Pf. 3 pl. consec. וְרָֽגְמוּ Lv 24:14 + 2 times, sf. וּרְגָמֻהוּ Dt 21:21; Impf. 3 mpl. יִרְגְּמוּ Lv 20:16, 27, וַיִּר׳ Jos 7:25 + 4 times; sf. יִרְגְּמֻהוּ Lv 20:2, וַיִּר׳ 2 Ch 24:21; Inf. abs. רָגוֹם Lv 24:16 Nu 15:35; cstr. לִרְגּוֹם 14:10;—stone, c. acc. pers. + בָּאֲבָנִים Dt 21:21 (D), Nu 14:10; 15:35, 36 (P), + בָּאֶבֶן Ez 16:40; Lv 20:2, 27 (H); + acc. אֶבֶן Jos 7:25 (JE); Lv 24:23 (P); 2 Ch 24:21; c. ב pers. + acc. אֶבֶן 1 K 12:18 = 2 Ch 10:18; c. עַל pers. + acc. אֶבֶן Ez 23:47; c. acc. pers. alone Lv 24:14 (P); c. ב pers. alone, רָגוֹם יִרְגְּמוּ־בוֹ v 16 (P).—Syn. סקל q.v.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָגַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7275/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 24:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.24.21/)

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וַיִּקְשְׁר֣וּ עָלָ֔יו וַיִּרְגְּמֻ֥הוּ אֶ֖בֶן בְּמִצְוַ֣ת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ בַּחֲצַ֖ר בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.conspired on him and they stoned.him stone\[s\] by the.command of the.king in the.courtyard of.the.house of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.

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[Ezekiel 16:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.40/)

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וְהֶעֱל֤וּ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ קָהָ֔ל וְרָגְמ֥וּ אוֹתָ֖ךְ בָּאָ֑בֶן וּבִתְּק֖וּךְ בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.bring.up on you a.company and they.will.stone you with (the) stone\[s\] and they will.cut.you.to.pieces with swords their

*JPS 1917:* They shall also bring up an assembly against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.

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