אַגָּן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H101

bowl — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

bowl tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַגָּן: bowl, basin tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] bowl, basin (Talm. אוֹגָן, Aramaic אַגָּנָא, ܐܰܓܳܢܳܐ; Ar. إِجَّاذَةٌ, vessel in which clothes are washed; As. (pl.) aganâtē DlW). basins used in ritual אַגָּנֹת Ex 24:6 (E). אַגַּן הַסַּהַר, sim. of curves of body Ct 7:3. metaph. of family of Eliakim. כְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֹת = basin-vessels Is 22:24 (= bowl-shaped vessels Che) opp. כְּלֵי הַנְּכָלִים; both ‖ כְּלֵי הַקָּטָן.

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

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [is] (the) bowl (1); bowls (1); the bowls (1).

In the verses

Song of Songs 7:3 · tree →

שָׁרְרֵךְ֙ אַגַּ֣ן הַסַּ֔הַר אַל־יֶחְסַ֖ר הַמָּ֑זֶג בִּטְנֵךְ֙ עֲרֵמַ֣ת חִטִּ֔ים סוּגָ֖ה בַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃

Word for word: navel your [is].(the).bowl of.(the) roundness not may.it.lack (the).mixed wine belly your [is].a.heap of.wheat(s) [which.is].fenced.around with (the) lilies

JPS 1917: Thy navel is like a round goblet, wherein no mingled wine is wanting; thy belly is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Exodus 24:6 · tree →

וַיִּקַּ֤ח מֹשֶׁה֙ חֲצִ֣י הַדָּ֔ם וַיָּ֖שֶׂם בָּאַגָּנֹ֑ת וַחֲצִ֣י הַדָּ֔ם זָרַ֖ק עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃

Word for word: and he.took Moses (the).half of the.blood and he.put.[it] in (the) bowls and.(the) half of the.blood he.sprinkled on the altar

JPS 1917: And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he dashed against the altar.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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