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Strong's #98 - אֲגַם
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- pool, troubled pool
- troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools, marshes
- any pool, pond
- swamp reeds, reeds, rush(es)
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1059) mc (גמ GM) AC: Gather CO: Foot AB: ?: The pictograph c is a picture of the foot and means to walk. The m is water. Combined these mean "walking to water". The watering well or other place of water is a gathering place for men, animals and plants for drinking. Men and animals may walk great distances for these watering holes while plants grow in abundance in them. (eng: game - from the Latin word game meaning leg)
A) mc (גמ GM) AC: Gather CO: ? AB: ?: Any gathering of people, things or ideas.
Nm) mc (גמ GM) - Also: Through the idea of a gathering of objects or ideas. KJV (34): also, as, again, and - Strongs: H1571 (גַּם)
kf1) emcm (מגמה MGMH) - Gather: A horde or troop gathered. KJV (1): sup up - Strongs: H4041 (מְגַמָּה)
C) mca (אגמ AGM) AC: ? CO: Pool AB: ?: The place of gathering of reeds. Ropes are made from the fibers of the reeds.
Nm) mca (אגמ AGM) - I. Pool:A collection of water. II. Reed:KJV (10): pools, standing, reeds - Strongs: H98 (אֲגַם), H99 (אָגֵם)
jm) nfmca (אגמונ AGMWN) - Reed: As a large gathering in a pond. Also a rope that is made from reeds from reeds. KJV (5): rush, bulrushes, caldron, hook - Strongs: H100 (אַגְמוֹן)
E) amc (גמא GMA) AC: Drink CO: Reed AB: ?: A plant that grows near the water.
V) amc (גמא GMA) - Drink: A drinking of water as from a pond. KJV (2): (vf: Hiphil, Piel) swallow, drink - Strongs: H1572 (גָּמָא)
Nm) amc (גמא GMA) - Reed: As a large gathering in a pond. KJV (4): rush, bulrush - Strongs: H1573 (גֹּמֶא)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
, Assyrian agammu Dl W) — ׳א absolute Isaiah 35:7; construct Isaiah 41:18 2t.; אֲגַמִּים Exodus 8:1 2t.; אַגְמֵי Isaiah 14:23; אַגְמֵיהֶם Exodus 7:19 — 1 troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools or marshes, plural מַיִם׳א Isaiah 14:23.
2 any pool, pond, singular מַיִם׳א Isaiah 41:18; Psalm 107:35; Psalm 114:8; plural without מַיִם Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:1 (P) Isaiah 42:15.
3 swamp-reed, rush (= אַגְמוֺן) Jeremiah 51:32.
אֲגַם subst. [absol. Isaiah 35:7 cst. אֲגַם 41:18 ], pl. אֲגַמִּים, אַגְמֵי.
(1) a pool, a marsh, so called from the corrupt water, Isaiah 35:7, 42:15 Psalms 107:35. Specially used of the pools of stagnant water left on the shores of the Nile after its inundation, Exodus 7:19, 8:1.
(2) [“i.q. אַגְמוֹן a reed, a cane.” Ges. add. omitting the following explanation], a marsh over-grown with reeds, a reedy place, Jeremiah 51:32. R. Jonah explains it strongholds; comp. أَجَمَةُ a lion’s den in a marsh; hence refuge, stronghold.
