dalag · leap

What it means

dalag (דָּלַג) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “leap”.

Spring; jump over something.

How to say it

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

1. Bound; spring over.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• I leap over ×2
• leaping ×1
• who leap ×1
• will leap ×1

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×1
• Psalms×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×1
• Zephaniah×1

• 2 Samuel 22:30

  For by you I run against a troop; by my Elohim I leap over a wall.

• Psalms 18:29

  For with you I run against a troop; with my Elohim I leap over a wall.

• Song of Songs 2:8

  The voice of my beloved! Look, here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

• Isaiah 35:6

  Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will shout for joy; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and torrents in the Arabah.

• Zephaniah 1:9

  And I will call to account all who leap over the threshold on that day, who fill the house of their masters with violence and deceit.