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title: אַגָּן — bowl · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַגָּן (101), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: bowl. BDB 1906: bowl, basin. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַגָּן

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«אַגָּן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **bowl** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 101 · **BDB:** אַגָּן

### Glosses

\[is\].(the).bowl (1); bowls (1); the.bowls (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

bowl [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/101/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

bowl, basin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/101/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] bowl, basin (Talm. אוֹגָן, Aramaic אַגָּנָא, ܐܰܓܳܢܳܐ; Ar. إِجَّاذَةٌ, vessel in which clothes are washed; As. (pl.) aganâtē DlW). basins used in ritual אַגָּנֹת Ex 24:6 (E). אַגַּן הַסַּהַר, sim. of curves of body Ct 7:3. metaph. of family of Eliakim. כְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֹת = basin-vessels Is 22:24 (= bowl-shaped vessels Che) opp. כְּלֵי הַנְּכָלִים; both ‖ כְּלֵי הַקָּטָן.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַגָּן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/101/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.3/)

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שָׁרְרֵךְ֙ אַגַּ֣ן הַסַּ֔הַר אַל־יֶחְסַ֖ר הַמָּ֑זֶג בִּטְנֵךְ֙ עֲרֵמַ֣ת חִטִּ֔ים סוּגָ֖ה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* navel your \[is\].(the).bowl of.(the) roundness not may.it.lack (the).mixed wine belly your \[is\].a.heap of.wheat(s) \[which.is\].fenced.around with (the) lilies

*JPS 1917:* Thy navel is like a round goblet, wherein no mingled wine is wanting; thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

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[Exodus 24:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.24.6/)

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וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ חֲצִ֣י הַדָּ֔ם וַיָּ֖שֶׂם בָּאַגָּנֹ֑ת וַחֲצִ֣י הַדָּ֔ם זָרַ֖ק עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Moses (the).half of the.blood and he.put.\[it\] in (the) bowls and.(the) half of the.blood he.sprinkled on the altar

*JPS 1917:* And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.

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