Dagal דָּגַל

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Dagal (Hebrew דָּגַל, Strong's H1713) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to set a banner”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) to carry a banner or standard, set up banner or standard
1a)(Qal) to set up standard (in battle)
1b) (Niphal) supplied with banners, bannered

1) to look, behold
1a) (Qal) looked at, conspicuous (participle)

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

KJV	banners (3), chiefest (1)
BSB	raise a banner (1), outstanding (1), troops with banners (1), stars in procession (1)

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

Psalm 20:5
We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.May we shout for joy at your victory and raise a banner in the name of our God. May the LORD grant all your petitions.

Song of Solomon 5:10
My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
Song of Solomon 6:4
Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
Song of Solomon 6:10
Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?

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).