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רָגַז râgaz — to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)

pronounced raw-gaz' · Strong's H7264 · 41 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 3 stems: Qal (Pa'al), Hiph'il, Hitpa'el

Translated in the KJV as be afraid, stand in awe, disquiet, fall out, fret, move, provoke, quake, rage, shake, tremble, trouble.

a primitive root; to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear).

râgaz in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 30×

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

Imperfect (yiqtol) 14Wayyiqtol 5Perfect (qatal) 4Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Jussive 2Imperative 2

תִּרְגְּז֖וּ Gen 45:24 Jussive, 2nd person masculine plural

So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. (KJV)

יִרְגָּז֑וּן Exod 15:14 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine plural

The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. (KJV)

וְרָגְז֥וּ Deut 2:25 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 3rd person common plural

This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. (KJV)

Hiph'il

Causative · active — causing someone or something to do the action; the subject does it

Participle (active) 3Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Infinitive construct 1

הִרְגַּזְתַּ֖נִי 1Sam 28:15 Perfect (qatal), 2nd person masculine singular

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. (KJV)

הַמַּרְגִּ֣יז Job 9:6 Participle (active), masculine singular

Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. (KJV)

לְמַרְגִּ֣יזֵי Job 12:6 Participle (active), masculine plural

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. (KJV)

Hitpa'el

Intensive · reflexive — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it to or for themselves

Infinitive construct 4

הִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥ 2Kgs 19:27 Infinitive construct

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. (KJV)

הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ 2Kgs 19:28 Infinitive construct

Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. (KJV)

הִֽתְרַגֶּזְךָ֥ Isa 37:28 Infinitive construct

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. (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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