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רְגַז rᵉgaz — (Aramaic) corresponding to H7264

pronounced reg-az' · Strong's H7265 · 1 occurrence in the Aramaic Bible · 1 stem: Haph'el

Translated in the KJV as provoke unto wrath.

(Aramaic) corresponding to H7264.

rᵉgaz in each stem

Haph'el

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

Perfect (qatal) 1

הַרְגִּ֤זוּ Ezra 5:12 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine plural

But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. (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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