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/, [raːˈʁam]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /rɔɡam/, [ʀɔːˈʁaːm]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈɡam/

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

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
notes		Pronounced רָגַמְתֶּם and רָגַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Conjugation of רָגַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

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, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 606b