Lexical Summary dugah: fishing, fishery Original Word: דוּגָהTransliteration: dugah Phonetic Spelling: (doo-gaw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: fishing, fishery Meaning: fishery, a hook for, fishing Strong's Concordance fish hook Feminine from the same as davvag; properly, fishery, i.e. A hook for fishing -- fish (hook). see HEBREW davvag Brown-Driver-Briggs H1729. dugah דּוּגָה noun feminine fishing, fishery, only in דּוּגָה בְּסִירוֺת וְנִשָּׂא Amos 4:2 ("" בְּצִנּוֺת) of ׳י, metaphor for dragging Israel captive (compare for practice referred to, in case of fish, Ezekiel 29:4 & Job 40:26 scornful summons to do it with crocodile, if possible ! see Herodii. 70 on mode of capturing crocodiles). |
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