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title: דָּאָה — fly swiftly · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּאָה (1675), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: fly swiftly. BDB 1906: vb. fly swiftly, dart through the air. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּאָה

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«דָּאָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fly swiftly** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 1675 · **BDB:** דָּאָה

### Glosses

he.swooped.down (1); he.will.swoop.down (1); it.swoops.down (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fly swiftly [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1675/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. fly swiftly, dart through the air [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1675/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. fly swiftly, dart through the air (cf. perhaps Arabic دَأْدَأ run vehemently (of camel))— Impf. יִדְאֶה Dt 28:49 + 2 times; וַיֵּ֫דֶא ψ 18:11 (\> ‖ 2 S 22:11 וַיֵּרָא); fly swiftly, dart, of eagle Dt 28:49, in simile of swift army; of Chaldaeans comp. with eagle, in judgment against Moab \& Edom Je 48:40; 49:22 (in both ‖ פרשׂ כנפיו); of י׳ in theoph. ψ 18:11 (cf. 2 S 22:11) וַיֵּדֶא על־כנפי רוח (‖ וַיִּרְכַּב עַל־כְּרוּב וַיָּעֹף).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1675/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 18:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.11/)

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וַיִּרְכַּ֣ב עַל־כְּ֭רוּב וַיָּעֹ֑ף וַ֝יֵּ֗דֶא עַל־כַּנְפֵי־רֽוּחַ׃

*Word for word:* and he.rode on a.cherub and he.flew and he.swooped.down on \[the\].wings of.\[the\].wind

*JPS 1917:* And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly; yea, He did swoop down upon the wings of the wind.

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[Jeremiah 48:40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.48.40/)

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כִּי־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֥ה כַנֶּ֖שֶׁר יִדְאֶ֑ה וּפָרַ֥שׂ כְּנָפָ֖יו אֶל־מוֹאָֽב׃

*Word for word:* (dm) thus he.says Yahweh there! like (the) eagle someone.will.swoop.down and he.will.spread.out wings his against Moab

*JPS 1917:* For thus saith the LORD: Behold, he shall swoop as a vulture, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

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