da.gar describes gathering in scenes of animals collecting or sheltering a brood.

The two attestations depict animal gathering: an arrow snake gathers in its shadow in Isaiah 34:15, while a partridge gathers a brood in Jeremiah 17:11. The limited evidence supports one observed use involving animals drawing together or collecting what is under their care.

1. Animal gathering or collecting · dominant

   In Isaiah 34:15, the Qal sequential perfect feminine singular form occurs in the sequence describing an arrow snake that makes its nest, escapes, breaks open, and gathers in its shadow; the APB renders the clause “and gathers in its shadow.” In Jeremiah 17:11, the Qal perfect masculine singular form is used in the comparison of a partridge and a brood it did not hatch; the APB renders “a partridge that gathers a brood it did not hatch.”

   Isaiah 34:15Jeremiah 17:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “gathers” in both verses, once for an arrow snake in its shadow and once for a partridge with a brood. These renderings confirm the clauses' gathering imagery without isolating every nuance of the Hebrew term.