Agam (אגם) means mere in Hebrew.
It can also mean lake and loch. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
mere, lake, loch
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Agam.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1מקוה מים גדול מוקף ביבשה.
...קַח מַטְּךָ וּנְטֵה־יָדְךָ עַל-מֵימֵי מִצְרַיִם, עַל־נַהֲרֹתָם עַל־יְאֹרֵיהֶם וְעַל־אַגְמֵיהֶם וְעַל כָּל־מִקְוֵה מֵימֵיהֶם...
- 2שטח מרעה רטוב פורה ומלא עשב
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Agam is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- אֲגַם
- Written without vowel points
- אגם
- Said
- agam
- Root
- א־ג־מ
- Pattern
- קְטָל
- Plural
- אֲגַמִּים
- Inflections
- ר' אֲגַמִּים, אַגְמֵי־
- Gematria
- 44
This is how Agam is said in other languages.
- English
- mere, lake, loch
- Arabic
- بحيرة
- Russian
- пруд, озеро
- French
- lac, étang
These words mean nearly the same as Agam.
- ימה
- אחוpasture
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These words mean the opposite of Agam.
These words rhyme with Agam.
The word Agam comes from the root א־ג־מ, like these words.
These words come before and after Agam in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Agam.
What does Agam (אגם) mean in Hebrew?
Agam (אגם) means mere, lake, and loch. It is said agam, with the stress on gam.
What is a synonym for Agam (אגם)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Agam (אגם) are ימה and אחו.
What is the opposite of Agam (אגם)?
Words that mean the opposite of Agam (אגם) are אוקיינוס.
What rhymes with Agam (אגם)?
Words that rhyme with Agam (אגם) include אדם, דם, ים, עם, סם, and עולם.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry אגם of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.