UBS Hebrew Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: nsf

Related lemmas: רגל

Sense 1: foot, leg

Semantic domains: Creatures (001001002)

Core domains: Body (019)

Definition: = the lower part of the lower limb of the body of humans, animals, and --by extension-- of deities, which in some contexts may include the full leg; ► used for standing and walking; ≈ associated with authority, and also used as a euphemism for the male genitals

GEN 8:9: RV GEN 8:9 · LV GEN 8:9 · Read together GEN 8:9

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OET-RV GEN 8:9

9 but the dove didn’t find anywhere to land so it returned to the window because the surface of the earth was still wet, and he stretched out his arm and brought the dove back inside.

OET-LV GEN 8:9

9 And_not the_dove it _found a _resting _place for_the _sole _of its _foot _of_her and_it _returned to_him/it into the_box if/because water was_on the _surface _of all _of the_earth/land and_he _stretched _out his/its_hand and_he_took _it and_he/it _brought DOM_her/it to_him/it into the_box.

GEN 18:4: RV GEN 18:4 · LV GEN 18:4 · Read together GEN 18:4

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OET-RV GEN 18:4

4 Let me get some water so that you can wash your feet and rest here under this tree.

OET-LV GEN 18:4

4 Let _it _be _brought please a _little _of water and_wash feet _of_your(pl) and_support _yourselves(pl) under the_tree.

All 141 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 8:9 · RV GEN 18:4 · RV GEN 19:2 · RV GEN 24:32 · RV GEN 43:24 · RV GEN 49:33 · LV GEN 8:9 · LV GEN 18:4 · LV GEN 19:2 · LV GEN 24:32 · LV GEN 43:24 · LV GEN 49:33 · Read together GEN 8:9 · Read together GEN 18:4 · Read together GEN 19:2 · Read together GEN 24:32 · Read together GEN 43:24 · Read together GEN 49:33

EXO: RV EXO 3:5 · RV EXO 12:11 · RV EXO 21:24 · RV EXO 24:10 · RV EXO 29:20 · RV EXO 30:19 · RV EXO 30:21 · RV EXO 40:31 · LV EXO 3:5 · LV EXO 12:11 · LV EXO 21:24 · LV EXO 24:10 · LV EXO 29:20 · LV EXO 30:19 · LV EXO 30:21 · LV EXO 40:31 · Read together EXO 3:5 · Read together EXO 12:11 · Read together EXO 21:24 · Read together EXO 24:10 · Read together EXO 29:20 · Read together EXO 30:19 · Read together EXO 30:21 · Read together EXO 40:31

NUM: RV NUM 20:19 · RV NUM 22:25 · LV NUM 20:19 · LV NUM 22:25 · Read together NUM 20:19 · Read together NUM 22:25

JOS: RV JOS 1:3 · RV JOS 3:13 · RV JOS 3:15 · RV JOS 4:3 · RV JOS 4:9 · RV JOS 4:18 · RV JOS 5:15 · RV JOS 9:5 · RV JOS 10:24 · LV JOS 1:3 · LV JOS 3:13 · LV JOS 3:15 · LV JOS 4:3 · LV JOS 4:9 · LV JOS 4:18 · LV JOS 5:15 · LV JOS 9:5 · LV JOS 10:24 · Read together JOS 1:3 · Read together JOS 3:13 · Read together JOS 3:15 · Read together JOS 4:3 · Read together JOS 4:9 · Read together JOS 4:18 · Read together JOS 5:15 · Read together JOS 9:5 · Read together JOS 10:24

JDG: RV JDG 1:6–7 · RV JDG 4:15 · RV JDG 4:17 · RV JDG 5:27 · RV JDG 19:21 · LV JDG 1:6–7 · LV JDG 4:15 · LV JDG 4:17 · LV JDG 5:27 · LV JDG 19:21 · Read together JDG 1:6–7 · Read together JDG 4:15 · Read together JDG 4:17 · Read together JDG 5:27 · Read together JDG 19:21

SA1: RV SA1 14:13 · RV SA1 17:6 · RV SA1 25:24 · RV SA1 25:41 · LV SA1 14:13 · LV SA1 17:6 · LV SA1 25:24 · LV SA1 25:41 · Read together SA1 14:13 · Read together SA1 17:6 · Read together SA1 25:24 · Read together SA1 25:41

KI1: RV KI1 2:5 · RV KI1 5:3 · RV KI1 14:6 · RV KI1 15:23 · LV KI1 2:5 · LV KI1 5:17 · LV KI1 14:6 · LV KI1 15:23 · Read together KI1 2:5 · Read together KI1 5:3 · Read together KI1 14:6 · Read together KI1 15:23

KI2: RV KI2 4:27 · RV KI2 4:37 · RV KI2 6:32 · RV KI2 9:35 · RV KI2 13:21 · LV KI2 4:27 · LV KI2 4:37 · LV KI2 6:32 · LV KI2 9:35 · LV KI2 13:21 · Read together KI2 4:27 · Read together KI2 4:37 · Read together KI2 6:32 · Read together KI2 9:35 · Read together KI2 13:21

CH1: RV CH1 28:2 · LV CH1 28:2 · Read together CH1 28:2

CH2: RV CH2 3:13 · RV CH2 16:12 · LV CH2 3:13 · LV CH2 16:12 · Read together CH2 3:13 · Read together CH2 16:12

NEH: RV NEH 9:21 · LV NEH 9:21 · Read together NEH 9:21

EST: RV EST 8:3 · LV EST 8:3 · Read together EST 8:3

JOB: RV JOB 2:7 · RV JOB 13:27 · RV JOB 29:15 · RV JOB 33:11 · RV JOB 39:15 · LV JOB 2:7 · LV JOB 13:27 · LV JOB 29:15 · LV JOB 33:11 · LV JOB 39:15 · Read together JOB 2:7 · Read together JOB 13:27 · Read together JOB 29:15 · Read together JOB 33:11 · Read together JOB 39:15

PRO: RV PRO 6:13 · RV PRO 6:28 · RV PRO 25:19 · RV PRO 26:6 · LV PRO 6:13 · LV PRO 6:28 · LV PRO 25:19 · LV PRO 26:6 · Read together PRO 6:13 · Read together PRO 6:28 · Read together PRO 25:19 · Read together PRO 26:6

SNG: RV SNG 5:3 · LV SNG 5:3 · Read together SNG 5:3

JER: RV JER 2:25 · LV JER 2:25 · Read together JER 2:25

LAM: RV LAM 2:1 · RV LAM 3:34 · LV LAM 2:1 · LV LAM 3:34 · Read together LAM 2:1 · Read together LAM 3:34

AMO: RV AMO 2:15 · LV AMO 2:15 · Read together AMO 2:15

NAH: RV NAH 1:3 · RV NAH 1:15 · LV NAH 1:3 · LV NAH 2:1 · Read together NAH 1:3 · Read together NAH 1:15

HAB: RV HAB 3:19 · LV HAB 3:19 · Read together HAB 3:19

ZEC: RV ZEC 14:12 · LV ZEC 14:12 · Read together ZEC 14:12

MAL: RV MAL 4:3 · LV MAL 3:21 · Read together MAL 4:3

Sense 2: genitals

Semantic domains: Creatures (001001002)

Core domains: Body (019)

Definition: literally: feet; hence: = a euphemism for a man's genitals

GEN 49:10: RV GEN 49:10 · LV GEN 49:10 · Read together GEN 49:10

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OET-RV GEN 49:10

10 Yehudah will never leave the ruling position,
⇔ ≈ nor will his descendants be without the ruler’s staff,
⇔ until the messiah arrives
⇔ and the people groups obey him.

OET-LV GEN 49:10

10 Not a _scepter it _will _depart from_Yəhūdāh and_a _ruler’s _staff from_between feet _of_his until if/because he _will _come Shiloh and_to/for_him/it the_obedience _of peoples.

EXO 4:25: RV EXO 4:25 · LV EXO 4:25 · Read together EXO 4:25

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OET-RV EXO 4:25

25 but his wife Tsiporah took a flint knife and cut off her son’s foreskin and threw it at Mosheh’s feet saying, “You’re definitely a bloody husband to me.”

OET-LV EXO 4:25

25 And_ Tsipporāh/(Zipporah) _she/it _took a _flint and_she _cut _off DOM the _foreskin _of her _son _of_her and_she _made_it_touch (to)_feet _of_his and_she/it _said if/because are_a _bridegroom _of blood(s) you to_me.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: RV GEN 49:10 · LV GEN 49:10 · Read together GEN 49:10

EXO: RV EXO 4:25 · LV EXO 4:25 · Read together EXO 4:25

DEU: RV DEU 28:57 · LV DEU 28:57 · Read together DEU 28:57

ISA: RV ISA 7:20 · LV ISA 7:20 · Read together ISA 7:20

Sense 3: pace

Semantic domains: Able (002001001001)

Core domains: Ability (001)

Definition: literally: foot; hence: = the ability of humans and animals to walk fast and/or far, depending on size and age

GEN 33:14: RV GEN 33:14 · LV GEN 33:14 · Read together GEN 33:14

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OET-RV GEN 33:14

14 Please let my master go on before his servant, and I’ll lead them on at my gentle pace—at the pace of the livestock that are ahead of me and at the pace of the children—until I come to my master’s place in Se’ir.”

OET-LV GEN 33:14

14 Let _him _pass _on please my_master to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before servant _of_his and_I I _will _journey _on to_my _of_gentleness to_the _foot _of the _property which to/for_my_face/front and_to_the _foot _of the_youths until that I _will _come to my_master to_Sēˊīr.

Sense 4: foot > life

Semantic domains: Act (002002002001)

Definition: literally: foot; hence: = pattern of behavior, with a primary focus on moral and ethical behavior, ◄ understood as a journey through life

DEU 32:35: RV DEU 32:35 · LV DEU 32:35 · Read together DEU 32:35

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OET-RV DEU 32:35

35 Vengeance and recompense belong to me
⇔ at the time when their foot slips,
⇔ because the day of their disaster is close,
⇔ and the things prepared for them hurry along.’

OET-LV DEU 32:35

35 To_me vengeance and_retribution to_a _time _of foot _of_their when_it _will _slip if/because is_near the _day _of their _disaster _of_their and_ impending_things _it _will _make _haste to_them.

JOB 12:5: RV JOB 12:5 · LV JOB 12:5 · Read together JOB 12:5

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OET-RV JOB 12:5

5 People who are comfortable have contempt for misfortune—
⇔ for those whose feet seem to be slipping away.

OET-LV JOB 12:5

5 Belongs_to_disaster contempt to_the_thought _of one_at _ease a _push belongs_to_those _who _are_slipping _of foot.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: RV DEU 32:35 · LV DEU 32:35 · Read together DEU 32:35

JOB: RV JOB 12:5 · LV JOB 12:5 · Read together JOB 12:5

PSA: RV PSA 38:16 · RV PSA 66:9 · LV PSA 38:17 · LV PSA 66:9 · Read together PSA 38:16 · Read together PSA 66:9

Sense 5: urine

Semantic domains: Body Products (001004002)

Core domains: Body (019); Liquids (101)

Definition: literally: water of the feet; hence: = a pale yelowish fluid stored in the bladder and passed through the urethra

KI2 18:27: RV KI2 18:27 · LV KI2 18:27 · Read together KI2 18:27

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OET-RV KI2 18:27

27 “Ha ha, do you think my master sent this message just to you three and your king?” he replied. “No, don’t you think that this message is also for the hungry people sitting on the wall who’ll soon have to eat their own dung and drink their own urine along with you?”

OET-LV KI2 18:27

27 And_he/it _said to the_Rab-_of shaqeh to master(s)_of_your and_to_you(ms) has_he _sent _me my_master to_speak DOM the_words/messages the_these not to the_men who_are_sitting on the_wall to_eat DOM mmm and_to_drink DOM mmm with_you(pl).

ISA 36:12: RV ISA 36:12 · LV ISA 36:12 · Read together ISA 36:12

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OET-RV ISA 36:12

12 But the negotiator replied, “Do you think that my master sent me to give this message just to you and your master? Don’t you think that it’s also for the men sitting on the wall who’ll have to join you in eating their own dung and drinking their own urine?”

OET-LV ISA 36:12

12 And_ the_Rab- shaqeh _he/it _said to master(s)_of_your and_to_you(ms) has_he _sent _me my_master to_speak DOM the_words/messages the_these not to the_men who_are_sitting on the_wall to_eat DOM mmm and_to_drink DOM mmm with_you(pl).

Sense 6: foot, [untranslated]

Semantic domains: Creatures (001001002)

Definition: literally: foot, here used metonymically to denote the entire person or animal owning it; hence: = a human being or animal with focus on the activities for which they use their feet

JOS 14:9: RV JOS 14:9 · LV JOS 14:9 · Read together JOS 14:9

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OET-RV JOS 14:9

9 Mosheh promised me that day, saying, ‘The land that you walked on will certainly be for an inheritance for you and your sons forever, because you were completely loyal to my god Yahweh.’

OET-LV JOS 14:9

9 And_ Mosheh _he _swore _an _oath in _the_day (the)_that to_say if not the_earth/land which foot _of_your it _trod on_it to/for_yourself(m) it _will _belong to_an _inheritance and_to_children _of_your until perpetuity if/because you _filled after YHWH god _of_my.

SA1 2:9: RV SA1 2:9 · LV SA1 2:9 · Read together SA1 2:9

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OET-RV SA1 2:9

9 He watches over those who are loyal to him,
⇔ but wicked people will die in the darkness,
⇔ because we don’t succeed through our own strength.

OET-LV SA1 2:9

9 The _feet _of people he _protects and_wicked_people in_darkness they _perish if/because not by_strength anyone he _prevails.

All 52 recorded passages for this sense

JOS: RV JOS 14:9 · LV JOS 14:9 · Read together JOS 14:9

SA1: RV SA1 2:9 · RV SA1 23:22 · LV SA1 2:9 · LV SA1 23:22 · Read together SA1 2:9 · Read together SA1 23:22

KI1: RV KI1 14:12 · LV KI1 14:12 · Read together KI1 14:12

KI2: RV KI2 21:8 · LV KI2 21:8 · Read together KI2 21:8

CH2: RV CH2 33:8 · LV CH2 33:8 · Read together CH2 33:8

JOB: RV JOB 18:8 · RV JOB 23:11 · RV JOB 30:12 · RV JOB 31:5 · LV JOB 18:8 · LV JOB 23:11 · LV JOB 30:12 · LV JOB 31:5 · Read together JOB 18:8 · Read together JOB 23:11 · Read together JOB 30:12 · Read together JOB 31:5

ECC: RV ECC 5:1 · LV ECC 4:17 · Read together ECC 5:1

ISA: RV ISA 23:7 · RV ISA 26:6 · RV ISA 32:20 · RV ISA 41:3 · RV ISA 58:13 · RV ISA 59:7 · RV ISA 60:13 · LV ISA 23:7 · LV ISA 26:6 · LV ISA 32:20 · LV ISA 41:3 · LV ISA 58:13 · LV ISA 59:7 · LV ISA 60:13 · Read together ISA 23:7 · Read together ISA 26:6 · Read together ISA 32:20 · Read together ISA 41:3 · Read together ISA 58:13 · Read together ISA 59:7 · Read together ISA 60:13

JER: RV JER 13:16 · RV JER 14:10 · RV JER 18:22 · RV JER 38:22 · LV JER 13:16 · LV JER 14:10 · LV JER 18:22 · LV JER 38:22 · Read together JER 13:16 · Read together JER 14:10 · Read together JER 18:22 · Read together JER 38:22

LAM: RV LAM 1:13 · LV LAM 1:13 · Read together LAM 1:13

EZE: RV EZE 29:11 · RV EZE 32:13 · LV EZE 29:11 · LV EZE 32:13 · Read together EZE 29:11 · Read together EZE 32:13

ZEC: RV ZEC 14:4 · LV ZEC 14:4 · Read together ZEC 14:4

Sense 7: to lift one's foot > to do anything at all

Semantic domains: Engage (002003003010)

Definition: literally: (to raise one's) foot; hence: = to do anything, even if it were as insignificant as raising one's foot

Forms: vbhif-

Collocations: רום רֶגֶל

GEN 41:44: RV GEN 41:44 · LV GEN 41:44 · Read together GEN 41:44

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OET-RV GEN 41:44

44 Par’oh also told him, “I’m Par’oh, and no person in all Mitsrayim will lift their hand or foot without your permission.”

OET-LV GEN 41:44

44 And_ Parˊoh _he/it _said to Yōşēf I am_Parˊoh and_apart_from _you not anyone he _will _lift _up DOM his/its_hand and_DOM foot _of_his in_all the _land _of Miʦrayim.

Sense 8: to cover the feet

Semantic domains: Excrete (002001001026)

Definition: a euphemism; literally: to cover (one's) feet; hence: = action by which humans pass excrement, ◄ which implies a squatting position by which the robe covers the feet

Forms: vbhif-

Collocations: סכך רַגְלַיִם

JDG 3:24: RV JDG 3:24 · LV JDG 3:24 · Read together JDG 3:24

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OET-RV JDG 3:24

24 After he’d left, the servants came and found the doors locked, so they thought the king must be relieving himself in there.

OET-LV JDG 3:24

24 And_he he _went _forth and_servants _of_his they _came and_they _saw and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the _doors _of the _roof _chamber were_locked and_they _said surely he is_covering DOM feet _of_his in_the _chamber _of (the)_coolness.

SA1 24:4: RV SA1 24:3 · LV SA1 24:4 · Read together SA1 24:3

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OET-RV SA1 24:3

3 On the way, as they reached the sheep yards, Sha’ul went into a cave to relieve himself, but David and his men were hiding there further inside the cave.

OET-LV SA1 24:4

4  And_he _came to the _folds _of the _sheep on the_way and_there a _cave and_ Shāʼūl _he _went to_cover DOM feet _of_his and_Dāvid and_men _of_his in_the _innermost _parts _of the _cave were_sitting.

Sense 9: occasion, time

Semantic domains: Circumstantial Referents (003002001)

Definition: = one instance in a set of repeated events

EXO 23:14: RV EXO 23:14 · LV EXO 23:14 · Read together EXO 23:14

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OET-RV EXO 23:14

14 You must celebrate me three times every year.

OET-LV EXO 23:14

14 Three feet you _will _celebrate _a _festival to_me in_year.

NUM 22:28: RV NUM 22:28 · LV NUM 22:28 · Read together NUM 22:28

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OET-RV NUM 22:28

28 Then Yahweh enabled the donkey to speak, and it asked Bil’am, “What did I do to you that you beat me these three times?”

OET-LV NUM 22:28

28 And_ YHWH _he _opened DOM the _mouth _of the _donkey and_she/it _said to_Bilˊām what have _I _done to/for_yourself(m) that/for/because/then/when you_have _struck _me this three feet.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: RV EXO 23:14 · LV EXO 23:14 · Read together EXO 23:14

NUM: RV NUM 22:28 · RV NUM 22:32–33 · LV NUM 22:28 · LV NUM 22:32–33 · Read together NUM 22:28 · Read together NUM 22:32–33

Sense 10: to go on a journey, to continue one's journey

Semantic domains: Move (002002001011)

Core domains: Journey (092)

Definition: literally: to lift up one's feet; hence: = action by which humans begin or continue a journey

Forms: vbqal-

Collocations: נשׂא רַגְלַיִם

GEN 29:1: RV GEN 29:1 · LV GEN 29:1 · Read together GEN 29:1

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OET-RV GEN 29:1

29 Then Ya’akov (Jacob) got on the road again and went to the land of the eastern peoples.

OET-LV GEN 29:1

29 And_ Yaˊₐqoⱱ _he _lifted _up feet _of_his and_he/it _went towards_land of_the_people _of the_east.

Sense 11: step

Semantic domains: Move (002002001011)

Core domains: Journey (092)

Definition: literally: foot; hence: = action by which humans put one foot before the other ► in order to move forward

ISA 41:2: RV ISA 41:2 · LV ISA 41:2 · Read together ISA 41:2

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OET-RV ISA 41:2

2 Who has stirred up punishment from the east?
⇔ It meets with his feet.
⇔ He destroys nations in front of him.
⇔ He causes kings to rule.
⇔ He makes them like dust with his sword—
⇔ like chaff driven by his bow.

OET-LV ISA 41:2

2 Who has _he _stirred _up from_the_east righteousness it_meets _him to_foot _of_his he _delivers _up before_him nations and_kings he _causes _to _rule he _makes_them like_dust sword _of_his like_chaff which_is_driven _about bow _of_his.

Sense 12: traveller

Semantic domains: Move (002002001011)

Core domains: Journey (092)

Definition: literally: foot; hence: = a person journeying from one place to the next

JOB 28:4: RV JOB 28:4 · LV JOB 28:4 · Read together JOB 28:4

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OET-RV JOB 28:4

4 They break open a shaft far from villages—
⇔ where feet have forgotten to go.
⇔ They hang down on ropes and swing around far from people.

OET-LV JOB 28:4

4 He _breaks _open a _shaft away_from _with one _who_sojourns (the)_forgotten from foot they _hang _down away_from _humankind they _swing.

Sense 13: following behind

Semantic domains: Orientation (002002001013)

Definition: literally: at the feet; hence: = a reference to the location behind a moving party

Collocations: בְּרַגְלַיִם; לְרַגְלַיִם

GEN 30:30: RV GEN 30:30 · LV GEN 30:30 · Read together GEN 30:30

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OET-RV GEN 30:30

30 Before I came, you didn’t have much, but now you have plenty because Yahweh has blessed you wherever I was involved. But now, when will I also do something for my own household?”

OET-LV GEN 30:30