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title: דָּלַג — leap · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּלַג (1801), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: leap. BDB 1906: vb. leap. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּלַג

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«דָּלַג» in the Tanakh dictionary: **leap** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1801 · **BDB:** דָּלַג

### Glosses

I.leap.over (2); \[he.is\].leaping (1); he.will.leap (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

leap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1801/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. leap [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1801/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. leap (NH spring over, skip (a verse), omit)— Pt. דּוֹלֵג Zp 1:9 leap, c. art. one leaping על־הַמִּפְתָּן; 𝔊 1 S 5:5 ὑπερβαίνοντες ὑπερβαίνουσιν = דָּלֹג יִדְלֹ֑גוּ cf. Dr. Impf. יְדַלֵּג Is 35:6; אֲדַלֶּג־ ψ 18:30 = 2 S 22:30; Pt. מְדַלֵּג Ct 2:8;—leap, leap over c. acc. שׁוּר ψ 18:30 = 2 S 22:30; abs. leap as the stag, יְד׳ כָּאַיָּל פִּסֵּחַ Is 35:6; sq. על of locality Ct 2:8 (‖ מְקַפֵּץ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּלַג» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1801/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.30/)

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כִּ֥י בְכָ֖ה אָר֣וּץ גְּד֑וּד בֵּאלֹהַ֖י אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) by you I.run a.marauding.band by God my I.leap.over a.wall

*JPS 1917:* For by Thee I run upon a troop; by my God do I scale a wall.

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[Psalms 18:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.30/)

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כִּֽי־בְ֭ךָ אָרֻ֣ץ גְּד֑וּד וּ֝בֵֽאלֹהַ֗י אֲדַלֶּג־שֽׁוּר׃

*Word for word:* (dm) by you I.run a.marauding.band and by God my I.leap.over a.wall

*JPS 1917:* For by Thee I run upon a troop; and by my God do I scale a wall.

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