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title: אֲגַם — troubled pool · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲגַם (98), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: troubled pool. BDB 1906: troubled pool. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲגַם

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«אֲגַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **troubled pool** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 98 · **BDB:** אֲגַם

### Glosses

pools (4); a.pool (2); pool (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

troubled pool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/98/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

troubled pool [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/98/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] troubled pool (Aramaic id., ܐܶܓܡܳܐ, As. agammu DlW)—א׳ abs. Is 35:7; cstr. 41:18 + 2t.; אֲגַמִּים Ex 8:1 + 2t.; אַגְמֵי Is 14:23; אַגְמֵיהֶם Ex 7:19— troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools or marshes, pl. א׳ מַיִם Is 14:23. any pool, pond, sg. א׳ מַיִם Is 41:18 ψ 107:35; 114:8; pl. without מַיִם Ex 7:19; 8:1 (P) Is 42:15. swamp-reed, rush (= אַגְמוֹן) Je 51:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲגַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/98/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 107:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.107.35/)

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יָשֵׂ֣ם מִ֭דְבָּר לַֽאֲגַם־מַ֑יִם וְאֶ֥רֶץ צִ֝יָּ֗ה לְמֹצָ֥אֵי מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* he.made a.wilderness into a.pool of.water and a.land of.dryness into springs of.water

*JPS 1917:* He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.

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[Psalms 114:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.114.8/)

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הַהֹפְכִ֣י הַצּ֣וּר אֲגַם־מָ֑יִם חַ֝לָּמִ֗ישׁ לְמַעְיְנוֹ־מָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* \[who\] turned the rock a.pool of.water flint into a spring of.water

*JPS 1917:* Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters.

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