רֶגֶל (regel) — foot / leg / genitals

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

Show passage in OET: GEN 8:9

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.

Show passage in OET: GEN 18:4

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.

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All 141 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 8:9 · OET GEN 18:4 · OET GEN 19:2 · OET GEN 24:32 · OET GEN 43:24 · OET GEN 49:33

EXO: OET EXO 3:5 · OET EXO 12:11 · OET EXO 21:24 · OET EXO 24:10 · OET EXO 29:20 · OET EXO 30:19 · OET EXO 30:21 · OET EXO 40:31

LEV: OET LEV 8:23–24 · OET LEV 11:21 · OET LEV 11:23 · OET LEV 11:42 · OET LEV 13:12 · OET LEV 14:14 · OET LEV 14:17 · OET LEV 14:25 · OET LEV 14:28 · OET LEV 21:19

NUM: OET NUM 20:19 · OET NUM 22:25

DEU: OET DEU 2:5 · OET DEU 2:28 · OET DEU 8:4 · OET DEU 11:10 · OET DEU 11:24 · OET DEU 19:21 · OET DEU 25:9 · OET DEU 28:35 · OET DEU 28:56 · OET DEU 28:65 · OET DEU 29:5 · OET DEU 33:24

JOS: OET JOS 1:3 · OET JOS 3:13 · OET JOS 3:15 · OET JOS 4:3 · OET JOS 4:9 · OET JOS 4:18 · OET JOS 5:15 · OET JOS 9:5 · OET JOS 10:24

JDG: OET JDG 1:6–7 · OET JDG 4:15 · OET JDG 4:17 · OET JDG 5:27 · OET JDG 19:21

SA1: OET SA1 14:13 · OET SA1 17:6 · OET SA1 25:24 · OET SA1 25:41

SA2: OET SA2 2:18 · OET SA2 3:34 · OET SA2 4:4 · OET SA2 4:12 · OET SA2 9:3 · OET SA2 9:13 · OET SA2 11:8 · OET SA2 14:25 · OET SA2 19:24 · OET SA2 21:20 · OET SA2 22:10 · OET SA2 22:34 · OET SA2 22:39

KI1: OET KI1 2:5 · OET KI1 5:3 · OET KI1 14:6 · OET KI1 15:23

KI2: OET KI2 4:27 · OET KI2 4:37 · OET KI2 6:32 · OET KI2 9:35 · OET KI2 13:21

CH1: OET CH1 28:2

CH2: OET CH2 3:13 · OET CH2 16:12

NEH: OET NEH 9:21

EST: OET EST 8:3

JOB: OET JOB 2:7 · OET JOB 13:27 · OET JOB 29:15 · OET JOB 33:11 · OET JOB 39:15

PSA: OET PSA 8:6 · OET PSA 18:9 · OET PSA 18:33 · OET PSA 18:38 · OET PSA 22:16 · OET PSA 47:3 · OET PSA 66:6 · OET PSA 68:23 · OET PSA 91:12 · OET PSA 99:5 · OET PSA 105:18 · OET PSA 110:1 · OET PSA 115:7 · OET PSA 132:7

PRO: OET PRO 6:13 · OET PRO 6:28 · OET PRO 25:19 · OET PRO 26:6

SNG: OET SNG 5:3

ISA: OET ISA 1:6 · OET ISA 3:16 · OET ISA 6:2 · OET ISA 20:2 · OET ISA 28:3 · OET ISA 49:23 · OET ISA 52:7 · OET ISA 60:14 · OET ISA 66:1

JER: OET JER 2:25

LAM: OET LAM 2:1 · OET LAM 3:34

EZE: OET EZE 1:7 · OET EZE 2:1–2 · OET EZE 3:24 · OET EZE 6:11 · OET EZE 16:25 · OET EZE 24:17 · OET EZE 24:23 · OET EZE 25:6 · OET EZE 32:2 · OET EZE 34:18–19 · OET EZE 37:10 · OET EZE 43:7

AMO: OET AMO 2:15

NAH: OET NAH 1:3 · OET NAH 1:15

HAB: OET HAB 3:19

ZEC: OET ZEC 14:12

MAL: OET 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

Show passage in OET: GEN 49:10

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.

Show passage in OET: EXO 4:25

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.

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Jump to OET EXO 4:25 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 49:10

EXO: OET EXO 4:25

DEU: OET DEU 28:57

ISA: OET 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

Show passage in OET: GEN 33:14

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.

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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

Show passage in OET: DEU 32:35

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.

Show passage in OET: JOB 12:5

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.

Jump to OET DEU 32:35 section.

Jump to OET JOB 12:5 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: OET DEU 32:35

JOB: OET JOB 12:5

PSA: OET PSA 38:16 · OET 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

Show passage in OET: KI2 18:27

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).

Show passage in OET: ISA 36:12

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).

Jump to OET KI2 18:27 section.

Jump to OET ISA 36:12 section.

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

Show passage in OET: JOS 14:9

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.

Show passage in OET: SA1 2:9

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.

Jump to OET JOS 14:9 section.

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All 52 recorded passages for this sense

JOS: OET JOS 14:9

SA1: OET SA1 2:9 · OET SA1 23:22

KI1: OET KI1 14:12

KI2: OET KI2 21:8

CH2: OET CH2 33:8

JOB: OET JOB 18:8 · OET JOB 23:11 · OET JOB 30:12 · OET JOB 31:5

PSA: OET PSA 9:15 · OET PSA 25:15 · OET PSA 26:12 · OET PSA 31:8 · OET PSA 36:11 · OET PSA 40:2 · OET PSA 56:13 · OET PSA 73:2 · OET PSA 94:18 · OET PSA 116:8 · OET PSA 119:59 · OET PSA 119:101 · OET PSA 119:105 · OET PSA 121:3 · OET PSA 122:2

PRO: OET PRO 1:15–16 · OET PRO 3:23 · OET PRO 3:26 · OET PRO 4:26–27 · OET PRO 5:5 · OET PRO 6:18 · OET PRO 7:11 · OET PRO 19:2 · OET PRO 25:17

ECC: OET ECC 5:1

ISA: OET ISA 23:7 · OET ISA 26:6 · OET ISA 32:20 · OET ISA 41:3 · OET ISA 58:13 · OET ISA 59:7 · OET ISA 60:13

JER: OET JER 13:16 · OET JER 14:10 · OET JER 18:22 · OET JER 38:22

LAM: OET LAM 1:13

EZE: OET EZE 29:11 · OET EZE 32:13

ZEC: OET 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

Show passage in OET: GEN 41:44

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.

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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

Show passage in OET: JDG 3:24

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.

Show passage in OET: SA1 24:4

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.

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Jump to OET SA1 24:3 section.

Sense 9: occasion, time

Semantic domains: Circumstantial Referents (003002001)

Definition: = one instance in a set of repeated events

Show passage in OET: EXO 23:14

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.

Show passage in OET: NUM 22:28

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.

Jump to OET EXO 23:14 section.

Jump to OET NUM 22:28 section.

All 4 recorded passages for this sense

EXO: OET EXO 23:14

NUM: OET NUM 22:28 · OET 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

Show passage in OET: GEN 29:1

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.

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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

Show passage in OET: ISA 41:2

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.

Jump to OET ISA 41:2 section.

Sense 12: traveller

Semantic domains: Move (002002001011)

Core domains: Journey (092)

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

Show passage in OET: JOB 28:4

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.

Jump to OET JOB 28:4 section.

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

Show passage in OET: GEN 30:30

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