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# דָּגָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1711

**multiply** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

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

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: may they multiply (1).

## In the verses

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

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.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1711.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1711/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).