Lexical Definition

‎אֲגַם‎ ʼăgam (ag-am') pool ^H:N-M
from an unused root (meaning to collect as water)

pond, pool, standing (water).

• a marsh
• hence a rush (as growing in swamps)
• hence a stockade of reeds

1) pool, troubled pool
1a) troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools, marshes
1b) any pool, pond
1c) swamp reeds, reeds, rush(es)

See Greek: λίμνη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲגַם‎ noun [masculine] troubled pool (Aramaic id., , Assyrian agammu Dl^W) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Isa 35:7 construct Isa 41:18 + 2 t.; ‎אֲגַמִּים‎ Exod 8:1* + 2 t.; ‎אַגְמֵי‎ Isa 14:23 ‎אַגְמֵיהֶם‎ Exod 7:19 —

1. troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools or marshes, plural ‎מַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Isa 14:23.

2. any pool, pond, singular ‎מַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Isa 41:18; Ps 107:35; Ps 114:8 plural without ‎מַיִם‎ Exod 7:19; Exod 8:1* (P) Isa 42:15.

3. swamp-reed, rush (= ‎אַגְמוֺן‎) Jer 51:32.

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