Word Study · Strong's H98 · Hebrew
אֲגַם
agam
ag-am'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼăgam
“a marsh”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
Rendered in the KJV as
pond, pool, standing (water).
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- אֲגַם־1
- אַגְמֵיהֶ֗ם1
- הָאֲגַמִּ֑ים1
- הָאֲגַמִּ֖ים1
- וְאַגְמֵי־1
- וַאֲגַמִּ֖ים1
- לַאֲגַ֔ם1
- לַֽאֲגַם־1
- לַאֲגַם־1
How it is rendered · 8
- into a pool of2
- a pool of1
- and pools1
- and reed-pools of1
- into a pool1
- ponds their1
- the ponds1
- the reed-marshes1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncmsc · 2
- HTd/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/Ncmpa · 1
- HC/Ncmpc · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp3mp · 1
- HNcmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Exodus2 occurrences
- Exodus 7:19אַגְמֵיהֶ֗םʾagmeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”here: ponds their
- Exodus 8:5הָאֲגַמִּ֑יםhaagamimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”here: the ponds
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 107:35לַֽאֲגַם־laagam-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.here: into a pool of
- Psalms 114:8אֲגַם־ʾagam-noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!here: a pool of
Isaiah4 occurrences
- Isaiah 14:23וְאַגְמֵי־veagmei-conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.here: and reed-pools of
- Isaiah 35:7לַאֲגַ֔םlaagampreposition + noun · masculine singularThe parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.here: into a pool
- Isaiah 41:18לַאֲגַם־laagam-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)I will open rivers on the barren heights, and fountains in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water, and the dry land into flowing springs.here: into a pool of
- Isaiah 42:15וַאֲגַמִּ֖יםvaagamimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralI will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.here: and pools