--- title: דָּגָן — corn · The Tanakh dictionary description: דָּגָן (1715), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 40 times: corn. BDB 1906: n.m. corn, grain. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1715.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1491.md)‎ / דָּגָן‎ # דָּגָן «דָּגָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **corn** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 40 times · **Key:** 1715 · **BDB:** דָּגָן ### Glosses grain (25); of.grain (7); your.grain (3) ### Meaning (OSHB) corn [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1715/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. corn, grain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1715/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. corn, grain (of cereals) (NH id., Sam. ࠃࠂࠍ v. Thes.; cf. Ph. ארצת דגן)—דָּגָן Gn 27:28 + 29 times; cstr. דְּגַן ψ 78:24; sf. דְּגָנִי Ho 2:11, דְּגָֽנְךָ Dt 7:13; 12:17; 14:23; 18:4, דְּגָנֶ֑ךָ Dt 11:14, דְּגָנֵךְ Is 62:8, דְּגָנָם ψ 4:8; 65:10—corn, c. תִּירוֹשׁ must, q.v., Gn 27:28, 37 (both J) ψ 4:8 Is 62:8 Ho 2:11; 7:14; 9:1 Zc 9:17; cf. also Nu 18:27 (P; here, for תירושׁ, מְלֵאָה מִן־הַיָּ֑קֶב), La 2:12 (where יַיִן), Ho 14:8 (where גֶּפֶן \& יֵין לְבָנוֹן); ארץ דגן ותירושׁ of land of Canaan Dt 33:28; of land of captiv. (words of the Rabshak) 2 K 18:32 = Is 36:17 (other products, also, named in both); usually c. תירושׁ \& יצהר Nu 18:12 Dt 7:13; 11:14; 12:17; 14:23; 18:4; 28:51 2 Ch 31:5 (+ דבשׁ) 32:28 Ne 5:11; 10:40; 13:5, 12 Je 31:12 Ho 2:10, 24 Jo 1:10; 2:19 Hg 1:11; also Jo 1:17 Me; (cf. 2 K 18:32 Is 36:17 supr.); alone, rare and late Ne 5:2, 3, 10 ψ 65:10 Ez 36:29; דְּגַן־שָׁמַיִם ψ 78:24;—of the above the following refer to firstfruits offered to the priests Nu 18:12 (cf. v 27) Dt 18:4 2 Ch 31:5; to tithe Dt 12:17; 14:23 Ne 13:5, 12; to both generally Ne 10:40; to loaning on usury Ne 5:10, 11. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 40 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «דָּגָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1715/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Joel 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.10/) שֻׁדַּ֣ד שָׂדֶ֔ה אָבְלָ֖ה אֲדָמָ֑ה כִּ֚י שֻׁדַּ֣ד דָּגָ֔ן הוֹבִ֥ישׁ תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלַ֥ל יִצְהָֽר׃ *Word for word:* it.is.devastated \[the\].field\[s\] it.is.dried.up \[the\].ground (dm) it.is.devastated \[the\].grain it.has.dried.up \[the\].new.wine it.has.languished \[the\].fresh.oil *JPS 1917:* The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. [Joel 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.17/) עָבְשׁ֣וּ פְרֻד֗וֹת תַּ֚חַת מֶגְרְפֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם נָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ אֹֽצָר֔וֹת נֶהֶרְס֖וּ מַמְּגֻר֑וֹת כִּ֥י הֹבִ֖ישׁ דָּגָֽן׃ *Word for word:* they.have.shriveled \[the\].seeds under shovels their they.are.desolate \[the\].storehouses they.have.been.torn.down \[the\].granaries (dm) it.has.dried.up \[the\].grain *JPS 1917:* The grains shrivel under their hoes; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. - ← previous: [דָּגַל](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d2_5b7_5dc.md) - next →: [דָּגַר](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1716.md) - ↑ back to [ד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1491.md)