dag denotes fish as creatures of the sea, in comparisons, and in the designation Fish Gate.

The term most often identifies fish among the creatures of the sea, whether under human dominion, gathered for food, or described in relation to the sea. It also occurs in comparisons involving fish and in the place-name designation Fish Gate.

1. Fish as creatures of the sea · dominant

   Construct plural forms occur with “the sea” in Genesis 9:2, where the APB renders fish among creatures given into human hands, and in Numbers 11:22, where all the fish of the sea are envisaged as gathered for food. The singular absolute in Jonah 2:1 refers to the fish whose belly contains Jonah, while Nehemiah 13:16 presents fish being brought and sold.

   Genesis 9:2Numbers 11:22Hosea 4:3Job 12:8Jonah 2:1Nehemiah 13:16
2. Fish in comparison imagery · occasional

   In Ecclesiastes 9:12, the plural absolute is used in the comparison of fish caught in a harmful net with people suddenly ensnared by a harmful time. In Habakkuk 1:14, the construct plural occurs in the comparison that makes mankind like fish of the sea without a ruler.

   Ecclesiastes 9:12Habakkuk 1:14
3. Fish Gate designation · common

   Plural absolute forms occur in gate references: 2 Chronicles 33:14 says the city wall extended to the Fish Gate, and Nehemiah 3:3 calls it the gate of the fish as its builders set its doors, bolts, and bars. Nehemiah 12:39 and Zephaniah 1:10 likewise use the designation Fish Gate.

   2 Chronicles 33:14Nehemiah 3:3Nehemiah 12:39Zephaniah 1:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB generally presents the term as “fish,” including “fish of the sea” and the singular fish in Jonah 2:1. In gate contexts it renders the designation “Fish Gate” or “gate of the fish”; These renderings reflect the clauses rather than a fixed one-to-one translation.