Midvash

דָּלַגdâlag

leap

Pronunciation: daw-lag' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1801

Meanings

Qal: leap, with article one leaping (Zephaniah 1:9; 1 Samuel 5:5)

Pi`el: leap, leap over (Isaiah 35:6; Psalms 18:30; 2 Samuel 22:30)

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 22:30 In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.
  • Psalms 18:29 In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.
  • Song of Solomon 2:8 Ah, I hear my lover coming! He is leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.
  • Isaiah 35:6 The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy! Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the wasteland.
  • Zephaniah 1:9 Yes, I will punish those who participate in pagan worship ceremonies, and those who fill their masters’ houses with violence and deceit.

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).