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title: רָגַן — murmur · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָגַן (7279), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: murmur. BDB 1906: vb. murmur, whisper. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָגַן

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«רָגַן» 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 7279 · **BDB:** רָגַן

### Glosses

\[those.who\].murmur (1); they.murmured (1); you.murmured (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

murmur [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7279/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. murmur, whisper [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7279/#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: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָגַן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7279/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 29:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.24/)

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וְיָדְע֥וּ תֹֽעֵי־ר֖וּחַ בִּינָ֑ה וְרוֹגְנִ֖ים יִלְמְדוּ־לֶֽקַח׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.know \[those.who\].go.astray of.spirit understanding and \[those.who\].murmur they.will.learn insight

*JPS 1917:* They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall learn instruction.

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[Psalms 106:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.25/)

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וַיֵּרָגְנ֥וּ בְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֑ם לֹ֥א שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.murmured in tents their not they.listened to the.voice of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.

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