Dayag (דייג) means fisherman in Hebrew.
It can also mean angler. It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
דַּיָּג
dayag
noun · masculine
In English
fisherman, angler
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Dayag.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1אדם העוסק בצֵיד דגים.
וְאָנוּ הַדַּיָּגִים, וְאָבְלוּ כָּל־מַשְׁלִיכֵי בַיְאוֹר חַכָּה; וּפֹרְשֵׂי מִכְמֹרֶת עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם, אֻמְלָלוּ.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Dayag is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- דַּיָּג
- Written without vowel points
- דייג
- Said
- dayag
- Root
- ד־ו־ג
- Pattern
- קַטָּל
- Plural
- דַּיָּגִים
- Inflections
- ר' דַּיָּגִים
- Gematria
- 27
This is how Dayag is said in other languages.
- English
- fisherman, angler
- Arabic
- صیاد
- Russian
- рыбак, рыболов
- French
- pêcheur
- Spanish
- pescador
- German
- Fischer, Angler
- Yiddish
- פֿישער
These words rhyme with Dayag.
The word Dayag comes from the root ד־ו־ג, like these words.
These words come before and after Dayag in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Dayag.
What does Dayag (דייג) mean in Hebrew?
Dayag (דייג) means fisherman and angler. It is said dayag, with the stress on yag.
What rhymes with Dayag (דייג)?
Words that rhyme with Dayag (דייג) include דג, חג, פג, גג, מנהג, and תג.
Is Dayag (דייג) masculine or feminine?
The word Dayag (דייג) is a masculine noun, and its plural is דַּיָּגִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry דיג of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.