Daah דָּאָה

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Daah (Hebrew דָּאָה, Strong's H1675) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to fly”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to fly fast, fly swiftly, dart through the air
1a) (Qal) to fly swiftly, dart

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

KJV	fly (3), flieth (1)
BSB	swoop down (2), he soared (1), swoops down (1)

Every verse with Daah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy 28:49
The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

Psalm 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

Jeremiah 48:40
For thus saith the Lord; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, an eagle swoops down and spreads his wings against Moab.
Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).