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title: אֲגָג — Agag · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲגָג (90), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Agag. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲגָג

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«אֲגָג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Agag** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 90 · **BDB:** אֲגָג

### Glosses

Agag (7); than.Agag (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Agag [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/90/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/90/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (אֲגַג Nu 24:7) n.pr.m. (violent? As.agâgu DlW) king of Amalek 1 S 15:8, 9, 20, 32(×3), 33, also Nu 24:7 (E), as symbol of might; (Is א׳ then title? v. Di).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲגָג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/90/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 15:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.8/)

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וַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ אֶת־אֲגַ֥ג מֶֽלֶךְ־עֲמָלֵ֖ק חָ֑י וְאֶת־כָּל־הָעָ֖ם הֶחֱרִ֥ים לְפִי־חָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and he.seized (et) Agag the.king of.Amalek alive and (et) all the people he.totally.destroyed to.\[the\] mouth of.\[the\].sword

*JPS 1917:* And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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[Numbers 24:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.24.7/)

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יִֽזַּל־מַ֙יִם֙ מִדָּ֣לְיָ֔ו וְזַרְע֖וֹ בְּמַ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים וְיָרֹ֤ם מֵֽאֲגַג֙ מַלְכּ֔וֹ וְתִנַּשֵּׂ֖א מַלְכֻתֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* it.will.flow water from buckets its and offspring its \[will be\].in.waters many and he.will.be.high more than.Agag king its and it.will.be.exalted kingdom its

*JPS 1917:* Water shall flow from his branches, and his seed shall be in many waters; and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

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