H0098 H0098
A pool, pond, or marshy body of standing water; by extension, a swamp or marsh
Refers to a body of still, collected water -- a pool, pond, or marsh. In the plague narratives of Exodus, the pools of Egypt ('agammim) are struck alongside rivers and canals (Exod 7:19; 8:5), and the prophets use the image powerfully: God transforms dry land into a pool of water (Ps 107:35; Isa 41:18), while Babylon's ruin becomes stagnant marshes (Isa 14:23). The word carries an atmospheric weight -- these are not pristine springs but gathered, sometimes muddy waters, which is why the same root can shade into swamp or marsh in contexts like Ezekiel 47:11.
Senses
1. pool, pond — A pool or pond of standing water, whether natural or artificial. The multilingual evidence confirms this as the primary sense: English glosses consistently render 'pool' or 'pools,' while Spanish uses 'estanque' (reservoir/pond). Appears in the Egyptian plague context (Exod 7:19; 8:5) and in prophetic imagery of divine transformation where wilderness becomes a pool of water (Ps 107:35; 114:8; Isa 41:18). In Isa 14:23 the pools become a sign of desolation when God makes Babylon into 'pools of water' -- stagnant and abandoned. 8×
AR["الْبُرَكِ", "بُحَيرَة-", "بُحَيْرَةً", "بُحَيْرَةَ-", "بُرَكِهِمْ", "لِبِركَة-", "وَ-أَهْوَارِ-", "وَالبِرَكَ"]·ben["এবং-পুকুরগুলিকে", "ও-জলাশয়ের-", "জলাশয়গুলো-", "জলের-পুকুরে", "তাদের-পুকুরগুলির", "পুকুরে", "পুকুরের-"]·DE["[ואגמי]", "[ואגמים]", "[לאגם]", "der-pools", "hinein-ein-pool-von", "ihr-pools"]·EN["a-pool", "and-pools", "and-pools-of-", "into-a-pool-of", "the-pools", "their-pools"]·FR["[ואגמי]", "[ואגמים]", "[לאגם]", "le-pools", "leur-pools", "à-étang", "étang"]·heb["אגם", "אגמיהם", "ה-אגמים", "ו-אגמי", "ו-אגמים", "ל-אגם", "ל-אגם-"]·HI["उनके-तालाबों", "और-तालाबों", "और-तालाबों-", "तालाब", "तालाब-", "तालाबों"]·ID["dan-kolam-kolam", "dan-kolam-kolam-", "kolam", "kolam-kolam", "kolam-kolam-mereka", "menjadi-kolam", "menjadi-kolam-"]·IT["e-stagno", "il-pools", "loro-pools", "stagno"]·jav["blumbang-", "blumbang-blumbang", "blumbang-blumbangipun", "dados-blumbang", "dados-tlaga", "lan-blumbang-", "lan-rawa-rawa"]·KO["그-연못들", "그들의-연못들을", "그리고-연못들을", "못-으로", "얰못들-", "에-못으로", "연못-"]·PT["e-lagoas", "e-poças-de-", "em-lago", "em-lago-de", "os-tanques", "tanques-deles"]·RU["в-озеро-", "и-болота", "и-болотами-", "озером", "пруды", "пруды-их"]·ES["en-estanque", "en-estanque-de", "los-estanques", "sus-estanques", "y-estanques", "y-pantanos-de-"]·SW["kuwa-bwawa-la", "kuwa-ziwa-la", "madimbwi", "madimbwi-yao", "na-mabwawa", "na-madimbwi-ya", "ziwa"]·TR["gölete-", "göllerin", "göllerinin", "havuz-olacak", "havuz-olarak-", "ve-havuzlari", "ve-havuzlari-"]·urd["اور-تالاب", "اور-تالابوں-کو", "تالاب", "تالاب-میں", "تالابوں", "تالابوں-ان-کے"]
2. marsh, swamp — A marsh or swamp, denoting a boggy, waterlogged area distinct from a clear pool. Attested in Jeremiah 51:32 (and contextually in Ezek 47:11) where the marshes and swamps will not be healed by the life-giving river from the temple. English renders 'marshes,' Spanish 'pantanos' (swamps), highlighting a semantic extension from still pool to muddy, overgrown wetland. This sense shades toward the related noun 'agmon (rush, reed), since marshes are defined by their reedy vegetation. 1×
AR["الْأَهْوَارُ"]·ben["হ্রদগুলোকে"]·DE["[האגמים]"]·EN["the-marshes"]·FR["[האגמים]"]·heb["ה-אגמים"]·HI["तालाब"]·ID["rawa-rawa"]·IT["stagno"]·jav["rawa-rawa"]·KO["못들을"]·PT["os-pântanos"]·RU["болота"]·ES["los-pantanos"]·SW["mabwawa"]·TR["sazlıkları"]·urd["-تالابوں"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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.