דַּוָּג
davvâg · dav-vawg'
a fisherman
Lexicon
Derivation: an orthographical variation of H1709 (דָּג) as a denominative (H1771 (דַּיָּג));
a fisherman
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fisher.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › to carry, to lift up
The doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דַּוָּג above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1 occurrences · 1 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- fishers1 · 50%
- and it shall come to pass, that the fishers1 · 50%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.