רָגַן râgan — to grumble, i.e. rebel

pronounced raw-gan' · Strong's H7279 · 3 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 2 stems: Niph'al, Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as murmur.

a primitive root; to grumble, i.e. rebel.

râgan in each stem

Niph'al 2×

Simple · passive — the plain action; the subject has it done to them

Wayyiqtol 2

וַתֵּרָגְנ֤וּ Deut 1:27 Wayyiqtol, 2nd person masculine plural

And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. (KJV)

וַיֵּרָגְנ֥וּ Ps 106:25 Wayyiqtol, 3rd person masculine plural

But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord. (KJV)

Qal (Pa'al) 1×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 1

וְרוֹגְנִ֖ים Isa 29:24 Participle (active), masculine plural

They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. (KJV)

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 ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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