The version דגה occurs 11 times in various forms including the possessive plural form דגת.
וְנָתַתִּי חחיים (חַחִים) בִּלְחָיֶיךָ, וְהִדְבַּקְתִּי דְגַת-יְאֹרֶיךָ בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶיךָ; וְהַעֲלִיתִיךָ, מִתּוֹךְ יְאֹרֶיךָ, וְאֵת כָּל-דְּגַת יְאֹרֶיךָ, בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶיךָ תִּדְבָּק.
Again, referring to the Nile's fish.
Mind you, this term is used in other places unrelated to the referring to Egypt or the Nile. But, it seems that when the Bible does refer to Nile fish, it this term. Why is that?
Is there a difference in meaning between the two terms, in general, even in the other situations where דגה is used?
means "the entirety of fish-hood in the river will die."
An example of another pair of words in Hebrew which exhibit a similar pattern is (שיר, שירה). A "שיר" is a single song, while "שירה" means "song" as in "They lifted their voices in song."
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