single fish only
Jon 2:2
(
2:1
(×2), 11
דָּג
) by late usage;
cf.
conversely
דָּאג
=
דָּגָה
coll.
Ne 13:1
6.
• [ דוג , דִּיג S 1770 TWOT 401c GK 1899 ] vb. denom. fish for, catch — Qal Pf. 3 mpl. sf. וְדִיגוּם consec. Je 16:16 (but as Qal dub. Ges § 73. 2; Sta § 160 b. 2 regards as Hiph. (abbrev.), Nö
ZMG
. 1883, 540
conj.
Pi.
)
•
[
דַּוָּג
S
1728
TWOT
401d
GK
1854
,
דַּיָּג
S
1771
TWOT
401d
GK
1900
]
n.m.
Ez 47:10
fisher, fisherman
, only
pl.
דַּיָּגִים
Is 19:
8,
דַּיָּגִים
Qr
Je 16:16
(
Kt
דוגים
).
דַּוָּגִים
Ez 47:10
&
Kt
Je 16:1
6.
•
דּוּגָה
S
1729
TWOT
401e
GK
1855
n.f.
fishing, fishery
, only in
בְּסִירֹות דּוּגָה וְנִשָּׂא
Am 4:2
(
||
בְּצִנֹּות
) of
י׳
,
metaph.
for dragging Isr. captive (
cf.
for practice referred to, in case of fish,
Ez 29:4
&
Jb 40:26
scornful summons to do it with crocodile, if possible!
v. Herod.
ii. 70 on mode of capturing crocodiles).
• דָּגֹון S 1712 TWOT 403b GK 1837 n.pr.m. 1 S 5:4 god & idol of Philistines ( cf. Assyrian Dagan, Dakan ( nu ), name perhaps non-Shemitic COT Ju 16:23 Dl Pa 139 Sayce Rel.Bab. 188 f. but v. Jen infr. ) —god of Ashdod, except Ju 16:23 (Gaza) & 1 Ch 10:10 (but cf. infr .);— דגון אֱלֹהֵיהֶם Ju 16:23 cf. דגון אֱלֹהֵינוּ 1 S 5: 7, בֵּית ד׳ 1 S 5: 2, 5 1 Ch 10:10 (here hardly orig. cf. || 1 S 31:10 & We D r); כֹּהֲנֵי ד׳ 1 S 5: 5, מִפְתַּן ד׳ v 5; as name of image ד׳ ( אֵצֶל ) v 2, 3 , 4 , דגון נֹפֵל v 3, 4 , רַק ד׳ נִשְׁאַר עָלָיו v 4 (but sense difficult; We proposes דָּגֹו only his fish , i.e. fishy part, was left upon him , v. also Dr ;—but was Dagon a fish-god? Cf. works cited above & Scholz Götzendienst 238 ff. , Baud in PRE 2 iii. 460 ff. , especially Jen Kosmol. 449 ff. ). Vid. בֵּית דָּגוֹן p. 111.
Nö T. Nöldeke .
ZMG Zeitschrift d. deutsch. Morgenländ. Gesellschaft. Herod. Herodotus.
Dl Friedrich Delitzsch, Wo lag das Paradies? Sayce A. H. Sayce, Religion of Babylonia. Jen P. Jensen.
Baud W. von Baudisin. PRE Herzogs Prot. Real-Encycl.