דָּגָה

דָּגָה noun feminine fish (Late Hebrew id.) — דָּגָה 4 Mos 11,5 + 5 t.; construct דְּגַת 1 Mos 1,26 + 4 t. + Ezk 29,4b (strike out B Co); suffix דְּגָתוֺ Ezk 47,10 ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Co; (ᵑ0 דגתם), דְּגָתָם Es 50,2; Sl 105,29 + Ezk 47,10 ᵑ0 compare above — fish, almost always collective; fish of sea דְּגַת הַיָּם 1 Mos 1,26; 1 Mos 1,28 (P) Ezk 47,10 (in simile); in Nile (יְאֹר) 2 Mos 7,18; 2 Mos 7,21 (E) compare Sl 105,29, דְּגַת יְאֹרֶיךָ Ezk 29,4 (twice in verse) (compare above) vEzk 29,5 in sea and rivers Es 50,2; Ezk 47,9; Ezk 47,10 food in Egypt 4 Mos 11,5 (JE); image of fish forbidden in worship, as of beasts and birds 5 Mos 4,18 (on sacredness of fish, and use in sacrifice compare Selden^{De Diis Syris, ii. 3.} RS^{Sern. i. 274}); of single fish only Jon 2,2 (Jon 2,1 (twice in verse); Jon 2,11 דָּג) by late usage; compare conversely דָּאג = דָּגָהcollective Neh 13,16.