Lexicon
דָּאָה
da.ah
H1675
H:V Hebrew

to fly

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da.ah denotes aerial movement, especially in comparisons with an eagle's approach or flight.

The attested use chiefly depicts movement through the air in eagle comparisons: an approaching nation in Deuteronomy 28:49 and an eagle-like figure advancing against Moab and over Bozrah in Jeremiah 48:40 and Jeremiah 49:22. Psalm 18:11 has the same lemma in a sequential imperfect, but the translation’s description of darkness and cloud-cover does not isolate its contribution.

Senses in use

  1. Aerial movement in eagle-like approach · dominant

    In Deuteronomy 28:49, the Qal imperfect occurs in the comparison of a distant nation with an eagle; the APB renders the clause "like the eagle flies." In Jeremiah 48:40 and Jeremiah 49:22, the same Qal imperfect form appears in eagle imagery of an approaching figure spreading wings against Moab and over Bozrah; the APB renders "one will fly like an eagle" and "like an eagle one shall come up and fly."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses "flies" or "fly" in Deuteronomy 28:49, Jeremiah 48:40, and Jeremiah 49:22. In Psalm 18:11 it renders the verse as a description of darkness and thick clouds, so the lemma's specific contribution is not clear from the whole-verse translation.

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