Lexical Definition

‎דָּגָן‎ dâgân (daw-gawn') grain ^H:N-M
from ‎דָּגָה‎

corn (floor), wheat.

• properly, increase, i.e. grain

1) wheat, cereal, grain, corn

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דָּגָן‎ noun masculine corn, grain (of cereals) (Late Hebrew id., Samaritan see Thes.; compare Phoenician ‎ארצת דגן‎) — ‎דָּגָן‎ Gen 27:28 + 29 t.; construct ‎דְּגַן‎ Ps 78:24 suffix ‎דְּגָנִי‎ Hos 2:11*, ‎דְּגָָֽנְךָ‎ Deut 7:13; Deut 12:17; Deut 14:23; Deut 18:4, ‎דְּגָנֶ֑ךָ‎ Deut 11:14, ‎דְּגָנֵךְ‎ Isa 62:8, ‎דְּגָנָם‎ Ps 4:8*; Ps 65:10* — corn, with ‎תִּירוֺשׁ‎ must, q. v., Gen 27:28; Gen 27:37 (both J) Ps 4:8*; Isa 62:8; Hos 2:11*; Hos 7:14; Hos 9:1; compare also Num 18:27 (P; here, for ‎תירושׁ‎, ‎מְלֵאָה מִןהַֿיָּ֑קֶב‎), Lam 2:12 (where ‎יַיִן‎), Hos 14:8* (where ‎גֶּפֶן‎ & ‎לְבָנוֺן יֵין‎); ‎ארץ דגן ותירושׁ‎ of land of Canaan Deut 33:28 of land of captives (words of the Rabshak) 2Kgs 18:32 = Isa 36:17 (other products, also, named in both); usually with ‎תירושׁ‎ & ‎יצהר‎ Num 18:12; Deut 7:13; Deut 11:14; Deut 12:17; Deut 14:23; Deut 18:4; Deut 28:51; 2Chr 31:5 (+‎דבשׁ‎) 2Chr 32:28; Neh 5:11; Neh 10:40*; Neh 13:5; Neh 13:12; Jer 31:12; Hos 2:10*; Hos 2:24*; Joel 1:10; Joel 2:19; Hag 1:11 also Joel 1:17 Me; (compare 2Kgs 18:32; Isa 36:17 above); alone, rare and late Neh 5:2; Neh 5:3; Neh 5:10; Ps 65:10*; Ezek 36:29 ‎דְּגַןשָֿׁמַיִם‎ Ps 78:24 — of the above the following refer to firstfruits offered to the priests Num 18:12 (compare vNum 18:27) Deut 18:4; 2Chr 31:5 to tithe Deut 12:17; Deut 14:23; Neh 13:5; Neh 13:12 to both generally Neh 10:40* to loaning on usury Neh 5:10; Neh 5:11.

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