H98 אֲגַם ʼăgam → ← H1081 בַּלְאֲדָן Balʼădân
21 languagesA body of standing water, usually natural and shallow, such as a marsh, pool, or pond. The term denotes an area where water collects and remains, often forming a wetland that can support aquatic or semi-aquatic vegetation.
Etymology
Root uncertain. The form appears unrelated to common Hebrew words for collecting or pooling (e.g., אגר, קבץ). Strong's suggests an unused root meaning 'to collect as water,' but this root is not attested elsewhere in Biblical Hebrew; etymology uncertain.
Reflexes · not yet grouped by proto-form
| Language | Word | Meaning | Segmentation | Root |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangi | ngambo | side | -gambo | |
| Civili | ngambu | shore, river edge | -gambu | |
| Comorian | ngambo | side, direction | -gambo | |
| Kaonde | ngambu | side, edge | -gambu | |
| Kikongo | ngâmbu | side (of river), shore, bank | -gambu | |
| Kiluba | ngambo | side, margin | -gambo | |
| Kimbundu | ngambo | bank, shore, side | -gambo | |
| Kituba (Kikongo creole) | ngambo | side, bank | -gambo | |
| Kiyombe | ngambu | side, edge | -gambu | |
| Laadi | ngambo | side, direction | -gambo | |
| Lingala | ngambo | shore, side of river | -gambo | |
| Luba-Kasai | ngambu | bank, edge, side | -gambu | |
| Luba-Katanga | ngambo | side, bank, edge | -gambo | |
| Lunda | ngambu | edge, boundary | -gambu | |
| Mijikenda | ngambo | side, region | -gambo | |
| Mongo | ngambo | side, direction | -gambo | |
| Ngombe | ngambo | side | -gambo | |
| Nyakyusa | ngambu | side | -gambu | |
| Sakata | ngambu | edge, border | -gambu | |
| Swahili | ngambo | the other side; opposite bank; across | -gambo | |
| Tshiluba | ngambu | border, edge | -gambu |