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title: דָּגַר — gather together as a brood · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּגַר (1716), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: gather together as a brood. BDB 1906: vb. gather together as brood. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּגַר

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«דָּגַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **gather together as a brood** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 1716 · **BDB:** דָּגַר

### Glosses

\[which\].it.gathers.a.brood (1); it.will.gather.a.brood (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

gather together as a brood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1716/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. gather together as brood [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1716/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. gather together as a brood (cf. Aramaic דְּגַר heap together; so ܕܓܰܪ Nasar.)— Pf. 3 ms. דָּגָר Je 17:11; 3 fs. דָּֽגְרָה Is 34:15—gather together into its shadow Is 34:15 (of קִפֹּז, q.v.), דָּגָר וְלֹא יָלָ֑ד Je 17:11 (of partiridge; sim. of one getting riches unjustly).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּגַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1716/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 34:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.15/)

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שָׁ֣מָּה קִנְּנָ֤ה קִפּוֹז֙ וַתְּמַלֵּ֔ט וּבָקְעָ֖ה וְדָגְרָ֣ה בְצִלָּ֑הּ אַךְ־שָׁ֛ם נִקְבְּצ֥וּ דַיּ֖וֹת אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* there (to) it.will.make.a.nest arrow.snake\[s\] and it.laid.eggs and it.will.hatch and it.will.gather.a.brood in shadow its surely there they.will.be.gathered red.kites each companion its

*JPS 1917:* There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and brood under her shadow; yea, there shall the kites be gathered, every one with her mate.

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[Jeremiah 17:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.11/)

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קֹרֵ֤א דָגַר֙ וְלֹ֣א יָלָ֔ד עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּחֲצִ֤י יָמָיו֙ יַעַזְבֶ֔נּוּ וּבְאַחֲרִית֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֥ה נָבָֽל׃

*Word for word:* a.partridge \[which\].it.gathers.a.brood and not it.has.laid \[one.who\].makes wealth and not with justice in the.middle his.days his it will.leave.him and at end his he.will.be a.fool

*JPS 1917:* As the partridge that broodeth over young which she hath not brought forth, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and at his end he shall be a fool.

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