Leviticus 24:16:5Lev.24.16.W5TAB
רָג֥וֹם
ragom
“stoning”
- Transliteration
- ra-GOM
- Extended
- rah-GOHM
- IPA
- /raːˈgoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- stoning
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ra-GOM
- phraseyour reading level
ra-GOM yir-ge-mu-BO
- clause
veh-no-KEV shem-ye-ho-VAH MOT yu-MAT ra-GOM yir-ge-mu-BO kol-ha-e-DAH
- sentence
veh-no-KEV shem-ye-ho-VAH MOT yu-MAT ra-GOM yir-ge-mu-BO kol-ha-e-DAH kah-GER kah-ehz-RAKH beh-nahk-vo-SHEM yu-MAT
Exegesis
The paired infinitive absolutes mot yūmāt {מוֹת יוּמָ֔ת | mōṯ yū-māṯ} ‘surely death; he shall be put to death’ employ emphasis, and ragom yirgemu-bo {רָג֥וֹם יִרְגְּמוּ־ב֖וֹ | rā-gōm yir-gə-mū-bô} ‘stoning; they shall stone him’ underscores communal action.
Root and etymology
r-g-mresh-gimel-mem
“to stone”
In context — Leviticus 24:16
And whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the entire congregation shall stone him. As with the foreigner, so with the native-born, when he blasphemes the Name, he shall be put to death.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 24:16, so the Hebrew word רָג֥וֹם (ragom) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.24.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.16.W5.S1) and character.