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

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

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