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title: דָּאַג — be anxious · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּאַג (1672), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: be anxious. BDB 1906: vb. be anxious, concerned, fear fear, dread. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּאַג

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«דָּאַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be anxious** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 1672 · **BDB:** דָּאַג

### Glosses

I.am.anxious (1); \[am\].dreading (1); \[are\].anxious (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be anxious [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1672/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be anxious, concerned, fear fear, dread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1672/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be anxious, concerned, fear (Talm. דְּאֵיג, דְּאִג id.)— Pf. 3 ms. וְדָאַג consec. 1 S 9:5; 10:2; 2 fs. דָּאַגְתְּ Is 57:11; Impf. 3 ms. יִדְאָ֑ג Je 17:8; אֶדְאַג ψ 38:19; Pt. דֹּאֵג Je 38:19, דֹּאֲגִים Je 42:16;— be anxious, concerned, with reference to, in behalf of, c. לְ 1 S 9:5; 10:2; id. c. מִן Je 42:16 (famine personif.); sq. מֵחַטָּאתִי ψ 38:19; be anxious, abs. Je 17:8 (‖ יָרֵא). fear, dread, sq. acc. of pers. feared Is 57:11 (‖ יָרֵא) Je 38:19 (where also sq. cl. with פֶּן).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּאַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1672/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 38:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.38.19/)

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כִּֽי־עֲוֺנִ֥י אַגִּ֑יד אֶ֝דְאַ֗ג מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) iniquity my I.tell I.am.anxious from sin my

*JPS 1917:* For I do declare mine iniquity; I am full of care because of my sin.

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[Jeremiah 38:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.38.19/)

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וַיֹּ֛אמֶר הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ אֲנִ֧י דֹאֵ֣ג אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽפְלוּ֙ אֶל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים פֶּֽן־יִתְּנ֥וּ אֹתִ֛י בְּיָדָ֖ם וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־בִֽי׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.said the king Zedekiah to Jeremiah I \[am\].dreading (et) the Judeans who they.have.fallen to the Chaldeans lest they.should.give me in hand their and they.will.deal.wantonly with me

*JPS 1917:* And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah: 'I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.'

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