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title: רָגַשׁ — be in tumult · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָגַשׁ (7283), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be in tumult. BDB 1906: vb. be in tumult commotion. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָגַשׁ

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«רָגַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be in tumult** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 7283 · **BDB:** רָגַשׁ

### Glosses

do.they.plot (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be in tumult [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7283/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be in tumult commotion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7283/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be in tumult or commotion (Arabic رَجَسَ make a vehement noise; Biblical Aramaic Aramaic רְגַשׁ, ܪܓܰܫ be disturbed, in tumult (𝔗 Ithp. often for הָמָה, as ψ 46:6, שָׁאָה Is 17:12f.; ܪܓܽܘܫܝܳܐ for הָמו̇ן ibid.); but Syriac usually perceive, so NH Hiph., but Hithp. fall stormily upon);— Pf. 3 pl. ψ 2:1 רָֽגְשׁוּ why do the nations throng tumultuously?

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָגַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7283/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 2:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.2.1/)

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לָ֭מָּה רָגְשׁ֣וּ גוֹיִ֑ם וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים יֶהְגּוּ־רִֽיק׃

*Word for word:* why? do.they.plot nations and peoples do.they.devise? emptiness

*JPS 1917:* Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

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