רָגַל
Used: 26 times · Key: 7270 · BDB: רָגַל
Glosses
spy.out (7); spies (5); [are].spies (4)
Meaning (OSHB)
foot it tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb.denom. foot it, go about Qal tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb.denom. foot it, go about;— go about (maliciously, as slanderer; cf. Arabic مُشَاةٌ and سَاعٍ slanderer, from √√ مَشَى walk along, سَعَى walk quickly), slander, Pf. 3 ms. לאֹ־ר׳ עַל־לְשֹׁנוֹ ψ 15:3 he takes no slander upon his tongue (‖ דֹּבֵר אֱמֶת v 2). Impf. 3 ms. וַיְרַגֵּל 2 S 19:28, 3 mpl. וַיְרַגְּלוּ Dt 1:24 Jos 7:2; Imv. mpl. רַגְּלוּ Jos 7:2; Inf. cstr. לְרַגֵּל Nu 21:32 + 5 times; sf. לְרַגְּלַהּ 2 S 10:3; Pt. pl. מְרַגְּלִים Gn 42:9 + 11 times;— slander (cf. Qal), וַיְר׳ בְּעַבְדְּךָ אֶל 2 S 19:28. go about as explorer, spy, c. acc. loc. Nu 21:32 Jos 6:25; 7:2, 2; 14:7 (all JE), Ju 18:2 (‖ חָקַר), v 14, 17 2 S 10:3 (‖ חָקַר), 1 Ch 19:3, so also pt. Gn 42:30 (E), Jos 6:22 (JE); pt., acc. om., as adj., אֲנַשִׁים מְרַגְּלִים Jos 2:1, cf. 6:23 (both JE); as subst., spies 1 S 26:4; 2 S 15:10, and so perhaps (as pred.) Gn 42:9, 11, 14, 16, 31, 34 (all E). Pf. 1 s. תִּרְגַּלְתִּי לְאֶכְּרַיִם Ho 11:3 I taught Ephr. to walk (si vera l.; v. Ges§ 55 h).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «רָגַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וַנֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו כֵּנִ֣ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ לֹ֥א הָיִ֖ינוּ מְרַגְּלִֽים׃
Word for word: and we.said to him [are].honest we not we.are spies
JPS 1917: And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies.
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֖ד מְרַגְּלִ֑ים וַיֵּ֕דַע כִּֽי־בָ֥א שָׁא֖וּל אֶל־נָכֽוֹן׃
Word for word: and he.sent David spies and he.knew (dm).that he.had.come Saul to a.certain.[thing]
JPS 1917: David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come of a certainty.
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