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rgl, rglˀ (rḡel, re/iḡlā) n.f. foot; pilgrimage
1
foot
Common Aramaic
TAD A4.7R.16↗ כלביא הנפקו כבלא מן רגלוהי‏ : the dogs removed the chain from his feet ; Dan 7:19↗ וּשְׁאָרָא בְּרַגְלַיהּ רָפְסָה‏ : while it was trampling the remainder with its feet ; P Ex3:5↗ ܫܪܝ ܡܣ̈ܢܝܟ ܡܢ ܪ̈ܓܠܝܟ‏ : untie your shoes from your feet ; P Is1:6↗ ܦܣܬܐ ܕܪܓܠܐ‏ : the sole of the foot [MT כַּף־רֶגֶל] ; BT Suk 53a(23)↗ רגלוהי דבר אנש אנין ערבן ביה לאתר דמתבעי לתמן מובלן יתיה‏ : a person’s feet are his surety. They transport him to the place where he is sought (at his death) ; PJ Deut29:4↗ וסנדליכון לא איטלעו מעילוי ריגליכון‏ : your sandals did not fall off of your feet
(1)
leg of a table, chair
JLAtg, Syr, LJLA
TgO Ex25:26↗ text not cited ; P Ex25:26↗ ܥܠ ܐܪ̈ܒܥ ܙܘܝܬ̈ܗ܂ ܠܥܠ ܡܢ ܐܪ̈ܒܥ ܪ̈ܓܠܘܗܝ‏ ; PJ Ex25:26↗ ארבעה זיוויין די לארבע ריגלוי‏ : the four corners of the four legs
(1)
base, bottom
Syr
EphPar 1:4.4↗ ܠܪ̈ܓܠܘܗܝ ܢܫܩ ܘܣܓ݂ܕ ܘܐܬܦܢܝ‏ : it touched its [the mountain of Paradise] feet, lowered itself, and retreated
(2)
foot (as a measure)
Syr
Chran1 111:27↗ text not cited
(3)
in adverbial/prepositional expressions
(1)
mn/b rgl, ברגלוהי : on foot
JLAtg, Syr
TgJ Jud4:15↗ וֻנחַת סִיסְרָא מֵעַל רְתִכָא"מרכבא" וַאְפַך בְרַגלוֹהִי‏ : then Sisera got off of the chariot and turned back on foot ; OS MtCur14:13↗ ܐܙܠܘ ܠܗܘܢ ܒܬܪܗ ܒܪܓܠ‏ : they went after him on foot ; JulSok 433(213):3↗ ܘܩܡ ܫܒܘܪ ܡܢ ܒܝܡ ܕܝܠܗ݂܂ ܘܡܢ ܪܓܠ ܐܬ݁ܐ ܗܘܬ ܠܐܘܪܥܗ‏ : Shapur arose from his dais and came toward him on foot
(2)
ברגל, על ריגל : because of (person)
Gal
EchRB[1]89(16)↗ רחיצין אנ{א}<ן> דברגליה חרב ועל רגליה הוא מתבני‏ : we trust that it was destroyed because of him and will be rebuilt because of him
(3)
ܡܢ ܪ̈ܓܠܘܗ̄ܝ : at the feet of
Syr
P Jn20:12↗ ܕ݁ܝܵܬ݂ܒܼ݁ܝܢ܂ ܚܲܕ݂ ܡܸܢ ܐܸܣ̈ܵܕ݂ܲܘܗܼܝ܂ ܘܚܲܕ݂ ܡܸܢ ܪܸ̈ܓ݂ܠܲܘܗܼܝ‏ : who were sitting, one at his head and one at his feet
(4)
following, under the leadership of [MT calque]
PTA
TN Deut11:6↗ וית כל קאמיה דהווה ברגליהון‏ : all the rebels who were following them
2
march
(1)
pilgrimage festival
Qumran, Gal, JBA
GenApoc 12.14↗ ביום חד לרגלא קדמיא ד̇י̇ ב̇חודשא‏ : on the first day of the first festival in the [seventh ??] month ; BT Ber 30a(51)↗ מרימר ומר זוטרא בשבתא דריגלא הוו מיכנפי בי עשרא ומצלי ונפקי לפירקא‏ : PN and PN2 used to gather ten people on the Sabbath of the pilgrimage, pray the teïfillah, and then go out to the public lecture
(1)
rigla : a memorial festival of the be rav
JBAg
ISGF 90:19, 91:11 text not cited
(2)
military campaign or movement
OfAPer
TAD C2.1 5..11↗ בתרתי רגליא מרדיא אתכנש[ו‏ : on the second march the rebels had assembled
3
(bot.) a plant name : milk vetch (?)
Syr
GalSimp 253:11 text not cited
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CPA ܪܝܓܠ; pl. in īn but in Syr. also ān, āṯā in metaphorical senses.
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For the colloquial Babylonian form with metathesis, see s.v. ngr #6. That dialect does regularly distinguish between the original form for "pilgrimage" (a Hebraism!) and the metathetic form for the appendage.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1434[712]DJPA: 516aDJBA: 1073bJastrow: 1449Drower/Macuch: 235bJ. Payne-Smith: 528Levy Ch-W: 2:405Tal Sam: 817DNWSI: 1060DCPA[Schulthess]: 399[189]BarBahlul: 1876:15; 944:18DJA: 79aQumran: 219

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