רגז

רָגַז(b. h.; cmp. רגג) to be unsteady, restless; to be agitated. Taan.10b (ref. to Gen. 45:24) שמא תִרְגּוֹז עליכם הדרך lest the road become unsteady for you (you lose your way); Yalk. Gen. 152 תִרְגַּז. Hif. הִרְגִּיז 1) to stir, excite, incite to anger. Ruth R. end אַרְגֵּיו יצרך (= הַרְגֵּיז), v. כָּעַס; Midr. Till. to Ps. 4:5; Yalk. ib. 627; Pesik. Shub., p. 158a>. Midr. Till. l. c. ער מתי … ומַרְגִּיזִיןוכ׳ how long will you sin and create anger by saying ?; Yalk. l. c. ומְרַגְּזִים (v. infra). Ber.5a (ref. to Ps. l. c.) לעולם יַרְגִּיזוכ׳ at all times let man stir up his good inclination against his evil inclination. B. Bath.16a יורד … ומַרְגִּיזוכ׳ Satan comes down and leads (men) astray, and goes up and arouses (the Lords) anger, takes permission and takes life. Tanḥ. Emor2 לא היה לך להַרְגִּיז לבוראךוכ׳ hadst thou no other means to provoke thy Creator to anger than through me, making me an object of worship?; Lev. R. s. 26. Esth. R. to IV, 15 וידע המרגיזוכ׳ and let this provoker (Haman) know that thou hast not forgotten ; a. e. 2) to be excited, fear. Tanḥ. l. c. הייתי מרגיז שמאוכ׳ I (Samuel) was frightened, lest it be the judgment day, and I feared myself. Nif. נִרְגַּז to be excited; to quarrel. Nidd.16b שר הנִרְגָּז (בבית המשתאות) a chief officer (or scholar) that gets excited in the drinking house (a variant to הניגן), v. רָגַל a. רָגַן. Pi. רִגֵּז to rage. Mekh. Bshall., Shir., s.9 התחילו מְרַגְּזִין they began to rage. Yalk. Ps. l. c., v. supra. Hithpa. הִתְרַגֵּז same. Mekh. l. c. מִתְרַגְּזִין; Yalk. Ex. 251.