אֲגַם

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine9 occurrences4 books9 verses

Definition

from an unused root (meaning to collect as water); a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
Traditional renderings: pond, pool, standing (water).

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

9 total
  1. Exodus 7:19אַגְמֵיהֶ֗ם · and ponds
    And 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 all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
  2. Exodus 8:5הָאֲגַמִּ֑ים · and ponds
    And 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.’”
  3. Psalm 107:35לַֽאֲגַם־ · into pools
    He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
  4. Psalm 114:8אֲגַם־ · into a pool
    …who turned the rock into a pool, the flint into a fountain of water!
  5. Isaiah 14:23וְאַגְמֵי־ · and for swamplands
    “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.
  6. Isaiah 35:7לַאֲגַ֔ם · a pool
    The 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.
  7. Isaiah 41:18לַאֲגַם־ · into a pool
    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.
  8. Isaiah 42:15וַאֲגַמִּ֖ים · the marshes
    I 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.
  9. Jeremiah 51:32הָאֲגַמִּ֖ים · the marshes
    The fords have been seized, the marshes set on fire, and the soldiers are terrified.”