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title: דָּגָה — multiply · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּגָה (1711), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: multiply. BDB 1906: vb. multiply, increase. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּגָה

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«דָּגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **multiply** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 1711 · **BDB:** דָּגָה

### Glosses

may.they.multiply (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

multiply [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1711/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. multiply, increase [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1711/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. multiply, increase (intr.);— Impf. 3 mpl. וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בקרב הארץ Gn 48:16 (E).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1711/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 48:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.48.16/)

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הַמַּלְאָךְ֩ הַגֹּאֵ֨ל אֹתִ֜י מִכָּל־רָ֗ע יְבָרֵךְ֮ אֶת־הַנְּעָרִים֒ וְיִקָּרֵ֤א בָהֶם֙ שְׁמִ֔י וְשֵׁ֥ם אֲבֹתַ֖י אַבְרָהָ֣ם וְיִצְחָ֑ק וְיִדְגּ֥וּ לָרֹ֖ב בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* the angel \[who has\].redeemed me from all harm may.he.bless (et) the lads and may.it.be.called in them name my and the.name my.fathers my Abraham and Isaac and may.they.multiply to abundance in the.midst of the.earth

*JPS 1917:* the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'

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