Strong's Lexicon

H1801

H1801 — דָּלַג

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewdalagverb-stemOccurrences: 5TWOT: 430

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1801
Word:	דָּלַג
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	5
Transliteration:	dalag
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	daw-lag'
Meaning:	1. to spring
KJV Renderings:	leap.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1940

[דָּלַג] verb leap ( Late Hebrew spring over, skip (a verse), omit) —

Qal Participle דּוֺלֵג Zeph 1:9 leap, with article one leaping עלהַֿמִּפְתָּן; ᵐ5 1Sam 5:5 ὑπερβαίνοντες ὑπερβαίνουσιν = דָּלֹג יִדְלֹ֑גוּ compare Dr.

Pi`el Imperfect יְדַלֵּג Isa 35:6 אֲדַלֶּגֿ Ps 18:30 = 2Sam 22:30 Participle מְדַלֵּג Song 2:8 — leap, leap over with accusative שׁוּר Ps 18:30 = 2Sam 22:30 absolute leap as the stag, כָּאַיָּל פִּסֵּחַ ׳ יְד Isa 35:6 followed by על of locality Song 2:8 (|| מְקַפֵּץ).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דלג (dah-lag’)

Zephaniah 1:9

KJV: In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

EHCC: all those that leap on the threshold,

2 Samuel 22:30

KJV: For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall.run: or, broken

EHCC: by my God have J leaped over a wall.

Isaiah 35:6

KJV: Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

EHCC: Then shall the lame (man) leap