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Strong's #97 - אֶגְלַיִם

Transliteration
ʼEglayim
Phonetics
eg-lah'-yim
Root Word (Etymology)
dual of (H96)
Parts of Speech
Proper Name, Location
TWOT
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

Eglaim = “double reservoir”

1) a town in Moab

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (1)
Isaiah 1
NAS (1)
Isaiah 1
HCS (1)
Isaiah 1
BSB (1)
Isaiah 1
ESV (1)
Isaiah 1
WEB (1)
Isaiah 1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 אֶגְלַ֫יִם proper name, of a location town in Moab Isaiah 15:8; (meaning ?); ? compare Αἰγαλειμ (Euseb.) 9 miles south of Areopolis; see Lag Onom. 228,98; ed. 2, p. 224.

אגם ( troubled, sad, Assyrian agâmu Dl W compare Arabic loathe; also marshy jungle; see עגם). ** Arabic also = spoil (of water); compare () = pool, reed-bed (also tangled thicket, etc.) Lane, and marsh Dozy i. 11.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֶגְלַיִם (“two pools”), [Eglaim], Isaiah 15:8, pr.n. of a village in the land of Moab, called by Eusebius Ἀγαλλείμ. It can scarcely be doubted that this is the same as Agalla (Ἄγαλλα), which is mentioned by Joseph. Arch. xiv. 1, § 4.


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List of Word Forms
אֶגְלַ֙יִם֙ אגלים ’eḡ·la·yim ’eḡlayim egLayim
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