אֲגַםʼăgam

troubled pool

Pronunciation: ag-am' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H98

Meanings

1. troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools or marshes (Isaiah 14:23)

2. pool, pond (Isaiah 41:18; Psalms 107:35; Psalms 114:8)

3. swamp-reed, rush (Jeremiah 51:32)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 7:19 Then the Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and raise your hand over the waters of Egypt—all its rivers, canals, ponds, and all the reservoirs. Turn all the water to blood. Everywhere in Egypt the water will turn to blood, even the water stored in wooden bowls and stone pots.’”
  • Exodus 8:5 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Raise the staff in your hand over all the rivers, canals, and ponds of Egypt, and bring up frogs over all the land.’”
  • Psalms 107:35 But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into springs of water.
  • Psalms 114:8 He turned the rock into a pool of water; yes, a spring of water flowed from solid rock.
  • Isaiah 14:23 “I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls, filled with swamps and marshes. I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction. I, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”
  • Isaiah 35:7 The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land. Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).