r g m
25 lemmas · 9 languages
soundAll three consonants are regular📜 Num.4.13
Themes:stone· حَجَر · אֶבֶן·4stones· حِجَارَة · אֲבָנִים·4purple·3translate·3lapidation·2
POS shape:noun·14verb·11
This root is attested across 9 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*r-g-mProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadianrigmumr g m— voice, cry
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎗𐎂𐎎𐎗 𐎂 𐎎— word
Canaanite
Hebrewרָגַםר ג מ— to stone to death
Aramaic
Imperial Aramaicרגםר ג מ— to stone
Syriacܪܓܡܪ ܓ ܡ— to stone, kill with stones
Arabic
Arabicرُجْمَةر ج م— tombstone, gravestone
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezተርጐመረ ገ መ— to translate
Amharicትርጉምረ ገ መ— to translate
Tigrinyaተርጐመረ ገ መ— to translate
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Akkadian
akk · 2 lemmas- voice, cryCognate with Ugaritic 𐎗𐎂𐎎 (rgm /rigmu/, “word”). Perhaps also Arabic رَجْم (rajm, “(stone) throwing; insults hurling”) and Biblical Hebrew רִגְמָה (riḡmɔ́, hapax legomenon of uncertain meaning, interpreted by some scholars as meaning "shouting crowd"). Compare also Mishnaic Hebrew רֶגֶן (rɛ́ḡɛn, “murmuring,…
- red purpleUnknown.
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- wordCognate with Akkadian 𒅗 (rigmum, “voice, sound”).
Imperial Aramaic
arc · 1 lemma- to stoneCompare Arabic رَجَمَ (rajama) and Classical Syriac ܪܓܡ (rəḡam).
Classical Syriac
syc · 4 lemmas- to stone, kill with stonesFrom the root ܪ ܓ ܡ related to stoning; compare Arabic رَجَمَ (rajama), Hebrew רָגַם (rāḡam).
- lapidation, stoningFrom the root ܪ ܓ ܡ related to stoning.
- to be stoned, have stones thrown at oneMedio-passive form of the above.
- absolute singular of ܪܓܡܐ (rəḡāmā, “lapidation”)
Hebrew
he · 4 lemmas- to stone to deathCognate with Arabic رَجَمَ (rajama).
- Tyrian purple, or a garment dyed with it (a purple-dye associated with royalty, as it was very expensive to produce)Uncertain, possibly borrowed from Akkadian 𒋠𒍝𒆳𒋛𒀀 (argamannu).
- mortar (short large-bore cannon)
- origami (the Japanese art of paper folding)From Japanese 折り紙 (origami).
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- tombstone, gravestone
- to fight by throwing stones, to lapidate each other
- to ask or demand a stoning
- to stone, to lapidate, to throw stones atCompare Aramaic רגם (ragam), Classical Syriac ܪܓܡ (rəḡam) and Hebrew רָגַם (ragám).
- verbal noun of رَجَمَ (rajama) (form I)Compare Aramaic רגם (ragam), Classical Syriac ܪܓܡ (rəḡam) and Hebrew רָגַם (ragám).
- grave, tumulusCompare Aramaic רגם (ragam), Classical Syriac ܪܓܡ (rəḡam) and Hebrew רָגַם (ragám).
- shooting starsCompare Aramaic רגם (ragam), Classical Syriac ܪܓܡ (rəḡam) and Hebrew רָגַם (ragám).
- plural of رَجْم (rajm)
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- to translateSee the root entry ت ر ج م (t r j m) for more information.
Amharic
am · 1 lemma- to translateFrom Proto-Semitic.
Tigrinya
ti · 3 lemmas- to translate
- commentary, interpretation, explanation
- infinitive of ተርጐመ (tärgʷämä)