דָּאָה
dâʼâh · H1675 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to swoop down
The action by which a bird moves swiftly downwards in order to capture its prey, often used metaphorically of an army attacking the enemy
ExamplesDeuteronomy 28:49 “The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down; a nation whose language you will not understand,
Psalm 18:10 He rode on a cherub and flew; And He sped on the wings of the wind.
Jeremiah 48:40 For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 3
- נֶשֶׁרlarge bird of prey 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- כlike/as+ נֶשֶׁרlarge bird of prey 2
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ כָּנָףwing 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- כlike/as 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- עוּף ʻûwph · H5774 · to fly
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to fly' or 'to fly away,' broadly synonymous with דָּאָה. While עוּף is the more common term for flying in Biblical Hebrew, דָּאָה appears to be a rarer synonym used in poetic or specialized contexts.
In the other Testament 1 word
- πέτομαι pétomai · G4072 · to fly
- Greek verb for flying, the standard translation equivalent for Hebrew דָּאָה in contexts describing flight or soaring (e.g., birds in flight).
Semantic domains 1 entry
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- The verb describes swooping or flying swiftly, used of an eagle swooping down as an image for a swift and devastating invading army.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1675. daah [דָּאָה] verb fly swiftly, dart through the air (compare perhaps Arabic run…
[דָּאָה] verb fly swiftly, dart through the air (compare perhaps Arabic run vehemently (of camel)) —
Qal Imperfect יִדְאֶה Deu 28:49 Deu 28:2t.; וַיֵּ֫דֶא Psa 18:11(> || 2Sa 22:11 וַיֵּרָא); fly swiftly, dart, of eagle Deu 28:49, in simile of swift army; of Chaldaeans camp. with eagle, in judgment against Moab & Edom Jer 48:40; Jer 49:22 (in both || כנפיו פרשׂ); of ׳י in theoph. Psa 18:11 (compare 2Sa 22:11) רוח עלכֿנפי וַיֵּדֶא (|| וַיָּעֹף עַלכְּֿרוּב וַיִּרְכַּב).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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