Pool Pond Marsh

† בְּרֵכָה n.f. pool, pond (הברכה SI5; Arabic بِرْكَةٌ; Sab. ברכת Sab.Denkm.73; Aramaic בְּרֵיכְתָּא)—ב׳ 2 S 2:13(×2) 4:12 2 K 18:17 (= Is 36:2) 20:20 Ne 3:16 Is 7:3; 22:9, 11; cstr. בְּרֵכַת 2 S 2:13 1 K 22:38 Ne 2:14; 3:15 Na 2:9; pl. בְּרֵכוֹת Ec 2:6 Ct 7:5.

λίμν-η, ἡ, pool of standing water left by the sea or a river, Refs 8th c.BC+: hence, marshy lake, mere, distinguished from ἕλος, Refs 8th c.BC+; ΓυγαίηRefs 5th c.BC+; λ. τροχοειδής, at Delos, Refs 5th c.BC+ __b also, artificial pool or basin, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 in Refs 8th c.BC+ and other Poets, the sea, Refs 8th c.BC+: so in Trag. in Lyric poetry, λίμνᾳ πορφυροειδεῖ Refs 5th c.BC+; Μηλίδα πὰρ λ. by the Malian bay, Refs __II Λίμναι, αἱ, (used without the article), a quarter of Athens (once probably marshy), near the Acropolis, in which stood the Lenaeum, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 a quarter or suburb of Sparta, Refs 1st c.BC+ __II.3 a place in Messenia, Refs

† א��גַם 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— 1. troubled or muddy (gloomy) pools or marshes, pl. א׳ מַיִם Is 14:23. 2. 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. 3. swamp-reed, rush (= אַגְמוֹן) Je 51:32.

κολυμβ-ήθρα, ἡ, place for diving, swimming-bath, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II wine-vat, tun, Refs 1st c.BC+ __III reservoir, cistern, LXX __IV baptismal font, Refs 6th c.AD+

† בִּצָּה n.f. swamp, Jb 8:11 as place where rushes grow, cf. 40:21; בִּצֹּאתָ֯ו (Co ובצותיו) pl. sf. Ez 47:11 (‖ וּגְבָאָיו).

† גֶּ֫בֶא n.m. Ez 47:11 cistern, pool (cf. Arabic جَابِيَةٌ watering-trough)— 1. cistern מֵיִם מִגֶּ֑בֶא Is 30:14. 2. pool, marsh גְּבָאָיו Ez 47:13 (‖ בִּצֹּאתָ‌֯ו).