דגן

Hebrew

Root
ד־ג־ן (d-g-n)
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with Aramaic דְּגָנָא and Ugaritic 𐎄𐎂𐎐 (dgn, “grain, wheat”).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /daˈɡan/

Noun

דָּגָן • (dagán) m (plural indefinite דְּגָנִים, singular construct דְּגַן־, plural construct דִּגְנֵי־) [pattern: קָטָל]

cereal, corn

Declension

Declension of **דָּגָן**
	isolated forms		with possessive pronouns
Number:	State:	form	Person:	singular		plural
Number:	State:	form	Person:	m	f	m	f
singular	indefinite	דָּגָן	first	דְּגָנִי		דְּגָנֵנוּ
	definite	הַדָּגָן	second	דְּגָנְךָ	דְּגָנֵךְ	דְּגַנְכֶם	דְּגַנְכֶן
	construct	דְּגַן־	third	דְּגָנוֹ	דְּגָנָהּ	דְּגָנָם	דְּגָנָן
plural	indefinite	דְּגָנִים	first	דגניי / דְּגָנַי		דְּגָנֵינוּ
	definite	הַדְּגָנִים	second	דְּגָנֶיךָ	דגנייך / דְּגָנַיִךְ	דִּגְנֵיכֶם	דִּגְנֵיכֶן
	construct	דִּגְנֵי־	third	דְּגָנָיו	דְּגָנֶיהָ	דִּגְנֵיהֶם	דִּגְנֵיהֶן

Hypernyms

יְבוּל (y'vul, “crop”)

Hyponyms

חיטה / חִטָּה (khitá, “wheat”)
שְׂעוֹרָה (s'orá, “barley”)
אורז / אֹרֶז (órez, “rice”)
שיבולת שועל / שִׁבֹּלֶת שׁוּעָל (shibólet shu'ál, “oat”)
דוחן / דֹּחַן (dókhan, “millet”)
שִׁיפוֹן (shifón, “rye”)
תִּירָס (tíras, “maize, corn”)

References

H1715 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Klein, Ernest (1987), “דָּגָן”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 115b
Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[2], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons, page 280a
“דגן” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
"דגן" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

דגן on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Anagrams

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