אֲגַם
a.gam (H0098)
pool
AI Word Study
The word "a.gam" (H0098) in Hebrew refers to a "pool." This word is used nine times in the Bible, indicating its significance and frequency of use in various contexts. Its usage suggests the term can refer to a body of standing water, likely a permanent body of water compared to a larger body of water called "ya.raq" which refers to a stream or river. This definition implies that "a.gam" is often used in geographical descriptions of a region that is dotted with these bodies of water. The mention of the word's small yet repeated presence in the biblical text, could suggest the importance of such geographical formations in early Israelite culture, possibly providing water sources or ecosystems supporting diverse wildlife.
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Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your rod, and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood. There will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.’ ”
Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your rod over the rivers, over the streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.’ ”
He turns a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a spring of waters.
“I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says Yahweh of Armies.
The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.
I will open rivers on the bare heights, and springs in the middle of the valleys. I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
So the passages are seized. They have burned the reeds with fire. The men of war are frightened.”