Strong's Definition
from the same as 98; a marshy pool (others from a different root, a kettle); by implication a rush (as growing there); collectively a rope of rushes
KJV Usage: bulrush, caldron, hook, rush
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אַגְמֹן (ag.mon) — bulrush. 1) rush, bulrush 1a) used as cord or line (of twisted rushes or spun of rush fibre) 1b) of the lowly, insignificant (metaph) 2) sad, drooping 1a) of line of bulrushes 1b) bowing of the head (fig.) 1c) of the lowly (metaph)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · אֲגַם · אָגֵם
Plants
rush, bulrush = plant with flexible stems, growing in rivers and marshes; ◄ |iScirpus|i*; ► produces much smoke when burning and used for making ropes; ≈ associated with humility
Classes | ≈ רֹאשׁ וְזָנָב
Collocation: כִּפָּה וְאַגְמֹון
palm branch and reed, everyone, whether great or small literally: palm branch and reed; hence: = people of all layers in the society, including those belonging to the nobility (i.e. the palm branch) and those that are part of the lower classes (i.e. the reed)
Cords
rope = a fairly thick cord formed by twisting or braiding several strands together; ◄ probably made out of rush fibers; ► used by hunters
1 JOB 41:12 HOTTP-B RSV NIV NRSV GNT | NJPS NJB CEV "boiling" REB "fanned to full heat" = אֹגֵם | other renderings permitted by HOTTP: "perfume-pan" and "burning"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אַגְמֹן, אַגְמוֹן n.[m.] rush, bulrush used as cord or line
metaph. of the lowly, insignif.
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