דָּגַר
dagar · gather (young)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1716 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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dagar (דָּגַר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “gather (young)”.
To gather the young or eggs, as a bird covers them.
How to say it
da·gar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To sit on eggs until the young come out.
- To bring its young together under its shade.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- gather them ×1
- hatches ×1
Where it appears
- Isaiah 34:15
There the snake will nest and lay eggs and hatch them and gather them in its shadow; yes, there the harriers will gather, each one with its mate.
- Jeremiah 17:11
A partridge that hatches what it did not lay is the one who makes riches and not by justice; in the middle of his days he will leave it, and at his end he will be a fool.