דָּאָהdâʼâh

fly swiftly, dart through the air

Pronunciation: daw-aw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1675

Meanings

Qal: fly swiftly, dart (Deuteronomy 28:49; Psalms 18:11; 2 Samuel 22:11)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 28:49 “The Lord will bring a distant nation against you from the end of the earth, and it will swoop down on you like a vulture. It is a nation whose language you do not understand,
  • Psalms 18:10 Mounted on a mighty angelic being, he flew, soaring on the wings of the wind.
  • Jeremiah 48:40 This is what the Lord says: “Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle, spreading his wings over Moab.
  • Jeremiah 49:22 Look! The enemy swoops down like an eagle, spreading his wings over Bozrah. Even the mightiest warriors will be in anguish like a woman in labor.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).