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רְגַשׁ rᵉgash — to gather tumultuously

pronounced reg-ash' · Strong's H7284 · 3 occurrences in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Haph'el

Translated in the KJV as assemble.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7283; to gather tumultuously.

rᵉgash in each stem

Haph'el

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

Perfect (qatal) 3

הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ Dan 6:7 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. (KJV)

הַרְגִּ֔שׁוּ Dan 6:12 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. (KJV)

הַרְגִּ֖שׁוּ Dan 6:16 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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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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