רגם

Aramaic

Etymology

Compare Arabic رَجَمَ (rajama) and Classical Syriac ܪܓܡ (rəḡam).

Verb

רגם • (transliteration needed)

1. to stone

Hebrew

Root
ר־ג־ם (r-g-m)
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic رَجَمَ (rajama).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /raːˈɡam/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rɔːˈʁam/ [ʀɔːˈʁaːm]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rɔˈʁam/ [rɔːˈʁaːm]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /raˈɡam/ (West), /raˈʁam/ (East)
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rɔˈɡam/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /raˈɡam/

Verb

רָגַם • (ragám) (pa'al construction, future ירגום / יִרְגֹּם, passive participle רָגוּם, passive counterpart נִרְגַּם)

1. to stone to death

   Synonym: סָקַל

   • Tanach, Numbers 15:36, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֹּצִיאוּ אֹתוֹ כָּל־הָעֵדָה אֶל־מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה וַיִּרְגְּמוּ אֹתוֹ בָּאֲבָנִים וַיָּמֹת כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה׃

     And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Conjugation

Conjugation of רָגַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לרגום / לִרְגֹּם
		action noun		רְגִימָה
		passive participle		רָגוּם
finite forms		singular		plural
		m	f	m	f
past	first	רָגַמְתִּי		רָגַמְנוּ
	second	רָגַמְתָּ	רָגַמְתְּ	רְגַמְתֶּם1	רְגַמְתֶּן1
	third	רָגַם	רָגְמָה	רָגְמוּ
present		רוֹגֵם	רוֹגֶמֶת	רוֹגְמִים	רוֹגְמוֹת
future	first	ארגום / אֶרְגֹּם		נרגום / נִרְגֹּם
	second	תרגום / תִּרְגֹּם	תִּרְגְּמִי	תִּרְגְּמוּ	תרגומנה / תִּרְגֹּמְנָה2
	third	ירגום / יִרְגֹּם	תרגום / תִּרְגֹּם	יִרְגְּמוּ	תרגומנה / תִּרְגֹּמְנָה2
imperative		רגום / רְגֹם	רִגְמִי	רִגְמוּ	רגומנה / רְגֹמְנָה2

¹ Pronounced רָגַמְתֶּם and רָגַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

• H7275 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “רָגַם”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 606b
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 1449b