Lexical Definition

‎רָגַם‎ râgam (raw-gam') to stone ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎רֶגֶב‎, ‎רוּעַ‎, ‎רָקַם‎)

[idiom] certainly, stone.

• to cast together (stones), i.e. to lapidate

1) to stone, slay or kill by stoning
1a) (Qal) to stone

See Greek: λιθοβολέω · λίθος

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Also see: סָקַל

[‎רָגַם‎] verb stone, kill by stoning (denominative ? compare ‎סקל‎; or originally = throw, hurl ? Late Hebrew ‎רָגַם‎ throw at (rare); Arabic throw stones at, stone, also (from accompaniment of stone-throwing) revile, curse, compare Ethiopic curse, We^{Held 2.111, 250}; Aramaic ‎רְגַם‎, stone); &; Qal Perfect 3 plural consecutive ‎וְרָֽגְמוּ‎ Lev 24:14 + 2 t., suffix ‎וּרְגָמֻהוּ‎ Deut 21:21 Imperfect 3 masculine plural‎יִרְגְמוּ‎ Lev 20:16; Lev 20:27 ‎׳‎‎וַיִּר‎, Josh 7:25 + 4 t.; suffix ‎יִרְגְמֻהוּ‎ Lev 20:2, ‎׳‎‎וַיִּר‎ 2Chr 24:21 Infinitive absolute ‎רָגוֺם‎ Lev 24:16; Num 15:35 construct ‎לִרְגּוֺם‎ Num 14:10 & stone, with accusative of person + ‎בָּאֲבָנִים‎ Deut 21:21 (D), Num 14:10; Num 15:35; Num 15:36 (P), + ‎בָּאֶבֶן‎ Ezek 16:40; Lev 20:2; Lev 20:27 (H); + accusative ‎אֶבֶן‎ Josh 7:25 (JE), Lev 24:23 (P), 2Chr 24:21 with ‎ב‎ person + accusative ‎אֶבֶן‎ 1Kgs 12:18 = 2Chr 10:18 with ‎עַל‎ person + accusative ‎אֶבֶן‎ Ezek 23:47 with accusative of person alone Lev 24:14 (P); with ‎ב‎ person alone, ‎רָגוֺם יִרְגְּמוּבֿוֺ‎ vLev 24:16 (P). &; Synonym ‎סקל‎ q. v.

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