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title: דָּגַל — carry · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּגַל (lemma:דָּגַל), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: carry. BDB 1906: vb. denom. carry set up standard, banner. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּגַל

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«דָּגַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **carry** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** lemma:דָּגַל · **BDB:** דָּגַל²

### Glosses

banners (2); we.will.raise.a.banner (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

carry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d2_5b7_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. denom. carry set up standard, banner [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d2_5b7_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. denom. carry, or set up standard, banner— Impf. 1 pl. נִדְגֹּל ψ 20:6 (Gr Che נָגִיל; Bi נְגַדֵּל, after 𝔊 𝔖; Now נִגְדַּל; poss. נַגְדִּל?) set up standard in battle, cf. DlPr 61. Pt. fpl. נִדְגָּלוֹת Ct 6:4, 10 bannered, supplied with standards, pt. as subst., of bannered hosts, cf. De.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּגַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/lemma_3a_5d3_5b8_5bc_5d2_5b7_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.6.4/)

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יָפָ֨ה אַ֤תְּ רַעְיָתִי֙ כְּתִרְצָ֔ה נָאוָ֖ה כִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אֲיֻמָּ֖ה כַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* \[are\].beautiful you my.friend my like Tirzah lovely like Jerusalem majestic like.(the).\[hosts\] with banners

*JPS 1917:* Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

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[Psalms 20:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.20.6/)

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נְרַנְּנָ֤ה ׀ בִּ֘ישׁ֤וּעָתֶ֗ךָ וּבְשֵֽׁם־אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ נִדְגֹּ֑ל יְמַלֵּ֥א יְ֝הוָ֗ה כָּל־מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֶֽיךָ׃

*Word for word:* we.will.shout.for.joy at victory your and in the.name our.God our we.will.raise.a.banner may.he.fulfill Yahweh all requests your

*JPS 1917:* We will shout for joy in thy victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our standards; the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

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