אֲגַם
ʼăgam · ag-am'
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to collect as water);
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
- a marsh
- hence, a rush (as growing in swamps)
- hence, a stockade of reeds
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: pond, pool, standing (water).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to carry, to lift up › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Strength, the leader that works to carry, to lift up of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲגַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- into a standing2 · 22%
- and upon their ponds1 · 11%
- and over the ponds1 · 11%
- and pools1 · 11%
- shall become a pool1 · 11%
- a pool1 · 11%
- the pools1 · 11%
- and the reeds1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.