אֲגַם II m. (b. h.; v. foreg. a. anything bending and peeling, whence 1) leek, or leek-like plants, opp. to שחת young grain &c. Kidd. 62ᵇ this refers only to shaḥath אבל בא׳ לא but not to ăgam. Ib. מאי משמע דהאי א׳ לישנא דבוצלנא הוא (Ar. דבוצלא) what proof have you that ăgam in this case has the meaning of onion-plants? (Answ. ref. to אגמון Is. LVIII, 5). —2) (b. h.) reed, reed-land (juncetum), dwelling places of wild beasts, opp. שָׂדֶה cultivated land. Taan. 22ᵃ
אֲגַם II
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אֲגַם II m. (b. h.; v. foreg. a. anything bending and peeling , whence 1) leek , or leek-like plants , opp. to שחת young grain &c. Kidd. 62ᵇ this…
References
- Jastrow, אֲגַם I 1
- Jastrow, שַׁחַת I 1
- Kiddushin 62b:7
- Isaiah 58:5
- Jastrow, שָׂדֶה 1
- Taanit 22a