to stone
ra.gam denotes throwing stones at people, most often as a communal act of execution or judgment.
The verb denotes stoning a person with stones, most often in commands or reports of communal execution, while also describing an intended or enacted hostile attack. In the supplied verses, the action may be ordered, carried out outside the camp, or directed against named individuals and groups.
Senses in use
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Stoning people in judgment or attack · dominant
The Qal forms occur where a community is commanded or reported to throw stones at a person: in Leviticus 24:23 the APB renders the clause "they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him," and in Numbers 15:36 it renders the congregation's action after bringing a man outside the camp. The same action appears in legal commands in Leviticus 20:2 and Deuteronomy 21:21, in an intended attack in Numbers 14:10, and in attacks on Adoram or Hadoram in 1 Kings 12:18 and 2 Chronicles 10:18.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently uses forms of "stone" or "stoned," often adding "with stones" and sometimes stating death as the result. Those surrounding details describe the clause rather than independently defining the Hebrew term.