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Strong's #101 - אַגָּן
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1) bowl, basins
1a) basins used in ritual
1b) human body (metaphorically), curves of the body (simile)
1c) of family of Eliakim (metaphorically)
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1060) nc (גנ GN) AC: ? CO: Garden AB: Protection: The pictograph c is a picture of the foot and means to walk with an extended meaning to gather. The n is a picture of a sprouting seed. Combined these mean "a gathering of seeds". A garden is a place for growing crops and is often surrounded by a rock wall or hedge to protect it from grazing animals. (eng: genesis; beginning; genetics; genome)
A) nc (גנ GN) AC: ? CO: Garden AB: ?: A garden enclosed by walls for protection. A shield as a wall of protection.
Nm/f) nc (גנ GN) - Garden: KJV (42): garden - Strongs: H1588 (גַּן)
Nf1) enc (גנה GNH) - Garden: KJV (12): garden - Strongs: H1593 (גַּנָּה)
am) ncm (מגנ MGN) - Shield: A wall of protection. KJV (63): shield, buckler, armed, defense, ruler - Strongs: H4043 (מְגִנָּה)
ef1) enic (גינה GYNH) - Garden: KJV (4): garden - Strongs: H1594 (גִּנָּה)
B) nnc (גננ GNN) AC: ? CO: Shield AB: ?: A wall of protection.
V) nnc (גננ GNN) - Shield: A protection of an individual or community. KJV (8): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) defend - Strongs: H1598 (גָּנַן)
C) nca (אגנ AGN) AC: ? CO: Basin AB: ?: A container enclosed by walls.
Nm) nca (אגנ AGN) - Basin: KJV (3): basons, cup, goblet - Strongs: H101 (אַגָּן)
Adopted Roots:
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
; Arabic 
, vessel in which clothes are washed; Assyrian (plural) aganât¢ Dl W). 1 basins used in ritual אֲגָנֹת Exodus 24:6 (E).
2אַגַּן הַסַּהַר, simile of curves of body Song of Solomon 7:3.
3 metaphor of family of Eliakim. כְּלֵי הָאַגָּנוֺת = basin-vessels Isaiah 22:24 (= bowl-shaped vessels Che) opposed to כְּלֵיהַנְּכָלִים; both "" כְּלֵי הַקָּטָן.
אגף (Assyrian stem of agappu, wing, compare Dl W).
אַגָּן m., prob. a trough for washing, λουτήρ, hence any laver, basin, or bowl; const. אַגַּן Song of Solomon 7:3 pl. אַגָּנוֹת Isaiah 22:24; Exodus 24:6 (Arab. and Syr. إِجَاَنةُ, ܙܰܓܳܢܳܙ id.).
