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Dag (דג) means fish in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

דָּג
dag
noun · masculine
In English

fish

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ד

The dictionary gives 2 meanings for Dag.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    חולייתן החי במים מתוקים או מלוחים. גופו מכוסה לרוב בקשקשת, הוא שוחה באמצעות סנפירים ונושם באמצעות זימים.
    וַיְמַן יהוה דָּג גָּדוֹל לִבְלֹעַ אֶת-יוֹנָה וַיְהִי יוֹנָה בִּמְעֵי הַדָּג שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים וּשְׁלֹשָׁה לֵילוֹת
  2. 2
    סלנגאדם מוזר, המתנהג באופן שונה מהמקובל.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Dag is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
דָּג
Written without vowel points
דג
Said
dag
Root
ד־ו־ג
Pattern
קָל
Plural
דָּגִים
Inflections
ר' דָּגִים; דַּג־, ר' דְּגֵי־
Gematria
7

This is how Dag is said in other languages.

English
fish
Arabic
سمكة
Russian
рыба
French
poisson
Spanish
pescado
German
Fisch
Yiddish
פֿיש

These words mean nearly the same as Dag.

These words rhyme with Dag.

The word Dag is part of these phrases and sayings.

  • דג חרב
  • דג זהב
  • דג הכסף
  • הדג מסריח מהראש
  • דג נא
  • דג פטיש
  • דג רקק
  • דג מלוח
  • יש הרבה דגים בים
  • כדג במים
  • מאיפה משתין הדג
  • מחר יעטפו עם זה דגים
  • שמן דגים
  • שתק כמו דג

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The word Dag comes from the root ד־ו־ג, like these words.

This is where the word Dag comes from.

מילה מקראית, לא ידוע מקורה.

These words come before and after Dag in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Dag.

What does Dag (⁨דג⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Dag (⁨דג⁩) means fish. It is said dag, with the stress on dag.

What is a synonym for Dag (⁨דג⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Dag (⁨דג⁩) are ⁨כוכב⁩.

What rhymes with Dag (⁨דג⁩)?

Words that rhyme with Dag (⁨דג⁩) include ⁨חג⁩, ⁨פג⁩, ⁨גג⁩, ⁨מנהג⁩, ⁨דייג⁩, and ⁨תג⁩.

Is Dag (⁨דג⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Dag (⁨דג⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨דָּגִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry דג of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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