• c. of seraphim Is 6:2 , Ezekiel’s חַיֹּות Ez 1: 7, 7 and ( כַּף ר׳ ) v 7, cherubim 2 Ch 3:13 ; idols ψ 115:7 . d. of animals: dove, כַּף ר׳ Gn 8:9 ( J ); שֶׁרֶץ עֹוף Lv 11:21 , 23 , שֶׁרֶץ v 4 2; calf, כַּף ר׳ Ez 1:7 (in sim. ), בְּהֵמָה 29:1 1; Pharaoh under fig. of תַּנִּים 32: 2; prob. of beast also Jb 39:15 , indef. Is 28:3 (in fig. ). e. of table Ex 25:26 ; 37:13 ( P ). f. phrases: • לְר׳ ( ל 5 i ) 7 Gn 33:14 (×2) ( J ; as fast as cattle, children, can go); at one’s guidance Dt 33: 3; at one’s foot , i.e. at every step Gn 30:30 ( J ), Is 41:2 , cf. Jb 18:11 ( v. I. [ פּוּץ ] Hiph ); הלך לְר׳ 1 S 25:42 , i.e. went where she went, cf. 2 S 15:1 6, 17 , 18 ; • בְּר׳ on one’s feet , on foot, Nu 20:19 (JE), Dt 2:28 Ju 4:1 5, 17 ψ 66:6 , שֻׁלַּח בְּר׳ Ju 5:15 ( v. שׁלח ), cf. Jb 18:8 (and רַגְלַי שִׁלֵּ˜חוּ 30:1 2); אֲשֶׁר בְּר׳
(
הַבְּהֵמָה
,
הַיְקוּם
,
הָעָם
), i.e. which follow one, hence obey or belong to one,
Ex 11:8
(
J
),
Ju 4:10
;
8:5 1 K 20:10 Dt 11:6 2 K 3:
9,
הַמִּתְהַלְּכִים בְּר׳
1 S 25:2
7;
נָשָׂא ר׳
•Gn 29:1
(
E
)
=
set out, but
יָרִים אֶת־ר׳
•41:44
(
E
)
lift the foot
, i.e. make a movement, do anything;
•
euphemism
מֵסִיךְ אֶת־ר׳
Ju 3:2
4,
cf.
1 S 24:3
(
Gi
;
van d. H.
Baer
v
4;
v.
I. [
סָכַךְ
]
Hiph.
);
וַתְּפַשְּׂקִי אֶת־ר׳ לְ Ez 16:25 ( v. פשׂק ); הַיֹּוצֵת מִבֵּין ר׳ Dt 28:57 ( v. יצא 1 h ); מֵימֵי ר׳ Qr 2 K 18:27 = Is 36:12 ( Kt שיניהם ; v. מַיִם 3 ); הָר׳ שַׂעַר Is 7:2 0, i.e. hair of the private parts. • 2. pl. only in phr. שָׁלשׁ רְגָלִים three times (feet, paces, cf. פַּעַם Ex 23:14 ( E ), Nu 22:28 , 32 , 33 ( J ).
•
רָגַל
S
7270, 8637
TWOT
2113
GK
8078
vb
.denom.
foot it, go about
;—
Qal
go about
(maliciously,
as slanderer;
cf.
Arabic
مُشَاةٌ
(
mušātun
) and
سَاعٍ
(
sā˓in
)
slanderer
, from
√√
مَشَى
(
mašā
)
walk along
,
سَعَى
(
sa˓ā
)
walk quickly
),
slander,
Pf.
3
ms.
לאֹ־ר׳ עַל־לְשֹׁנֹו
ψ 15:3
he takes no slander upon his tongue
(
||
דֹּבֵר אֱמֶת
v
2).
Pi.
Impf.
3
ms.
וַיְרַגֵּל
2 S 19:2
8,
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;—
1.
slander
(
cf.
Qal
),
וַיְר׳ בְּעַבְדְּךָ אֶל
2 S 19:2
8.
2.
go about as explorer, spy
,
c.
acc. loc.
Nu 21:32 Jos 6:2
5;
7:2
,
2
;
14:7
(all JE),
Ju 18:2
(
||
חָקַר
),
v
1
4,
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 15:1
0, and so perhaps (as pred.)
Gn 42:9
,
11
,
14
,
16
,
31
,
34
(all
E
).
Tiph.
Pf.
1 s.
תִּרְגַּלְתִּי לְאֶכְּרַיִם
Ho 11:3
I taught
Ephr.
to walk
(
si vera l.
;
v. Ges
§ 55 h).
Tiph. Tiphel (rare conjugation). Ephr. Ephraimitic source or Ephrem Syrus.