דָּגַר dâgar

Meaning

to brood over eggs or young

In the King James Version: gather, sit.

Derivation: a primitive root,

Where it is used

• Isaiah 34:15 There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
• Jeremiah 17:11 Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”