רָגַל râgal — to walk along
Translated in the KJV as backbite, search, slander, spy, teach to go, view.
a primitive root; also as denominative from H7272; to walk along; but only in specifically, applications, to reconnoiter, to be a tale-bearer (i.e. slander); to lead about.
râgal in each stem
Pi'el
Participle (active) 12Infinitive construct 8Wayyiqtol 3Imperative 1
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 1
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›