דָּג

דָּג noun masculine^{Jon 2,1} fish (Late Hebrew id.) — דָּג Jon 2,1 (twice in verse); Jon 2,11 + Neh 13,16 Qr (Kt דָּאג); דָּגִים 1 Kong 5,13 + 6 t.; דְּגֵי 1 Mos 9,2 + 7 t.; — fish of sea Jon 2,1 (twice in verse); Jon 2,11 (in v.Jon 1,1 גָּדוֺל ׳ד); Neh 13,16 (דָּאג Kt דָּג article of Tyrian trade; only here collective, read perhaps דָּגָה; or regard as late usage, compare converse דָּגָה of individual Jon 2,2); — elsewhere always plural: as subject of Solomon's utterance 1 Kong 5,13 fish-spear צִלְצַל דגים Job 40,31 most often דְּגֵי הַיָּם1 Mos 9,2 (P), Sl 8,9; Hos 4,3; Sef 1,3; Ezk 38,20; Job 12,8 (in all opposed to beasts & birds, & apparently used with them, + רֶמֶשׂ Ezekiel compare verb רמשׂ Genesis, for animal creation in general; also Hab 1,14 compare below); 4 Mos 11,22 (JE) of fish (with beasts) as food (compare 1 Mos 9,2f.) in simile of men ensnared, like fish taken in net (מְצוֺדָה) Praed 9,12 compare Hab 1,14 (דְּגֵי הַיָּם); 4 t. שַׁעַר הַדָּגִים fish-gate 2 Kron 33,14; Sef 1,10; Neh 3,3; Neh 12,39 (on situation compare שַׁעַר).