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H1801 דָּלַג (dâlag) daw-lag'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to spring

KJV Usage: leap

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דָּלַג (da.lag) — to leap. 1) to leap 1a) (Qal) to leap 1b) (Piel) to leap, leap over

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb

Move | Leap | verb pi | ≈ קפץ

to leap, to bound = action by which animals move speedily by jumping over any obstacle that they find in their way; ≈ exclusively used metaphorically to refer to humans

SNG 2:8 · ISA 35:6

Move | verb qal

to step over literally: to leap over something; hence: = action by which humans put one leg in front of the other in order to move forward, with the specific intention to avoid touching an object that is located under one's feet

ZEP 1:9

Move | verb pi

to scale literally: to leap (over a wall); hence: = action by which humans climb over a high and steep object like a wall with relative ease as if they were leaping over an obstacle

2SA 22:30 · PSA 18:30

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[דָּלַג] vb. leap Qal leap

Pi. leap, leap over

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