H1792

דָּכָא

da.kahH:V

to crush

1) to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be crushed 1a2) to be contrite (fig.) 1b) (Piel) to crush 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be crushed, be shattered 1c2) to be made contrite 1d) (Hithpael) to allow oneself to be crushed

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[דָּכָא] verb crush, poetic (Assyrian dakû, crush, Muss-ArnHebraica. Oct. 1890, 66) not in Qal; —

Niph`al Participle נִדְכָּאִים Isa 57:15 — crushed, figurative = contrite ones. Pi`el Perfect דִּכָּא Ps 143:3 2 masculine singular דִּכִּאתָ Ps 89:11 Imperfect וִידַכֵּא Ps 72:4 2 masculine singular תְּדַכֵּא Prov 22:22 (juss); יְדַכְּאוּ Ps 94:5, תְּדַכְּאוּ Isa 3:15 suffix וִידַכְּאֵנִי Job 6:9, יְדַכְּאוּם Job 4:19 2 masculine plural וּתְדַכּאוּנַּנִי Job 19:2 (so Baer, see his edition p. 44, compare Norzi); Infinitive לִדַכֵּא Lam 3:34 suffix דַּכְּאוֺ Isa 53:10 — crush, (figurative) with accusative one's life to the earth Ps 143:3, Egypt Ps 89:11 (compare De Che; ׳י subject), servant of Yahweh Isa 53:10 (׳י subject), Job 6:9 ׳וְיֹאֵל אֱלוֺהַּ וִיד; oppressor Ps 72:4, God's people Ps 94:5 (|| יְּעַנּוּ), Isa 3:15, compare Prov 22:22 illegally in tribunal, Lam 3:34 תחת רגליו ׳ד (in all human oppressor subject); crush me בְּמִלִּים Job 19:2 (Job's friends, subject; || תּוֺגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי); never literal, not even Job 4:19 (יְדַכְּאוּם, with indefinite subject), for suffix reference not to בָּֽתֵּיחֹֿמֶר, but rather to שֹׁכְנֵי, i.e. men inhabiting the clay houses, bodies, compare Di. Pu`al Perfect דֻּכְּאוּ Jer 44:10 Imperfect יְדֻכָּא Job 22:9 Participle מְדֻכָּא Isa 53:5, מְדֻכָּאִים Isa 19:10 — crushed, broken in pieces, shattered Job 22:9 with object feminine זרועות; Isa 19:10 subject שָׁתוֺת (here metaphor. for nobles); figurative of servant of ׳י Isa 53:5 made humble, contrite Jer 44:10. Hithpa`el Imperfect יִדַּכְּאוּ Job 5:4, יִדַּכָּ֑אוּ Job 34:25 — must let themselves be crushed, i.e. maltreated Job 5:4 (in court בשׁער, compare Pi`el Prov 22:22); are crushed Job 34:25 (the mighty, by God).


14 occurrences

Job (4), Psalms (3), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (1)