ܪܓܡ

Classical Syriac

Etymology 1

From the root ܪ-ܓ-ܡ (r-ɡ-m) related to stoning; compare Arabic رَجَمَ (rajama), Hebrew רָגַם (rāḡam).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈr(ə.)ɣam]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɣam]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɣɑm]

Verb

ܪܓܡ • (rəḡam) (imperfect ܢܪܓܘܡ (nergom)) (peal construction)

1. to stone, kill with stones
2. to throw stones; to throw dust upwards
3. to pile stones, heap stones, block up with stones

Etymology 2

Medio-passive form of the above.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɛθ.r(ə.)ɣɛm]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈʔɪθ.rɣɪm]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔeθˈrɣem]

Verb

ܐܬܪܓܡ • (ʾeṯrəḡem) (imperfect ܢܬܪܓܡ (neṯrəḡem)) (ethpeel construction)

1. to be stoned, have stones thrown at one
   • Peshitta, 2 Corinthians 11:25:

     ܬܠܬ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ ܒܫܒ̈ܛܐ ܐܬܢܓܕܬ. ܚܕܐ ܙܒܢ ܐܬܪܓܡܬ. ܬܠܬ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ ܗܘܝܬ ܢܘܘܓܐ. ܐܝܡܡܐ ܘܠܠܝܐ ܕܠܐ ܣܦܝܢܬܐ ܒܝܡܐ ܗܘܝܬ.

     təlāṯ zaḇnīn bə-šaḇṭē ʾeṯnaggəḏeṯ, ḥəḏā zəḇan ʾeṯraḡmeṯ, təlāṯ zaḇnīn [hə]wêṯ nūwwāḡā, ʾīmāmā wə-lêlyā ḏə-lā səp̄ī[n]tā ḇə-yammā [hə]wêṯ.

     Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

Etymology 3

From the root ܪ-ܓ-ܡ (r-ɡ-m) related to stoning.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ˈraɡ.ɡɛm]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈraɡ.ɡɪm]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [rɑˈɡem]

Verb

ܪܓܡ • (raggem) (imperfect ܢܪܓܡ (nəraggem)) (pael construction)

1. to stone repeatedly, to pelt or pummel with stones

Etymology 4

Medio-passive form of the above.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [ʔɛθˈraɡ.ɡam]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔɪθˈraɡ.ɡam]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ʔeθ.rɑˈɡɑm]

Verb

ܐܬܪܓܡ • (ʾeṯraggam) (imperfect ܢܬܪܓܡ (neṯraggam)) (ethpaal construction)

1. to be stoned repeatedly, to be pelted or pummeled/pummelled with stones

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Classical Edessan) IPA^(key): [r(ə.)ˈɣɑm]
• (Eastern Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɣɑm]
• (Western Syriac) IPA^(key): [ˈrɣom]

Noun

ܪܓܡ • (rəḡām)

1. absolute singular of ܪܓܡܐ (rəḡāmā, “lapidation”)
2. construct state singular of ܪܓܡܐ (rəḡāmā, “lapidation”)

References

• “ܪܓܡ”, in Beth Mardutho: The Syriac Institute, 2021 June 21 (last accessed)
• “rgm”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2021-07-22
• Audo, Toma (1897) ܣܝܡܬܐ ܕܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ [Treasure of the Syriac Language] (in Classical Syriac), Mosul: Imprimerie des Pères Dominicains, page 481
• Brock, Sebastian P., Kiraz, George A. (2015) “ܪܓܰܡ”, in Gorgias Concise Syriac-English, English-Syriac Dictionary, Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, retrieved 2021-06-21, page 205a
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 338a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 529a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1435a