BDB1837

דָּגָה noun feminine fish (Late Hebrew id.) — דָּגָה Num 11:5 + 5 t.; construct דְּגַת Gen 1:26 + 4 t. + Ezek 29:4b (strike out B Co); suffix דְּגָתוֺ Ezek 47:10 ᵐ5 ᵑ9 Co; ( ᵑ0 דגתם), דְּגָתָם Isa 50:2; Ps 105:29 + Ezek 47:10 ᵑ0 compare above — fish, almost always collective; fish of sea דְּגַת הַיָּם Gen 1:26; Gen 1:28 ( P ) Ezek 47:10 (in simile); in Nile (יְאֹר) Exod 7:18; Exod 7:21 ( E ) compare Ps 105:29, דְּגַת יְאֹרֶיךָ Ezek 29:4 (twice in verse) (compare above) Ezek 29:5 in sea and rivers Isa 50:2; Ezek 47:9; Ezek 47:10 food in Egypt Num 11:5 ( J E ); image of fish forbidden in worship, as of beasts and birds Deut 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 Jonah 2:2 (Jonah 2:1 (twice in verse); Jonah 2:11 דָּג) by late usage; compare conversely דָּאג = דָּגָהcollective Neh 13:16.