Word

דָּכָא

dâkâʼ · H1792 · Hebrew · 18 occurrences

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Meanings

to crush

Literally: to crush; hence: causative action by which a deity inflicts deadly wounds on a human being or animal as if crushing that person with a heavy object

Examples
Job 6:9 “Oh, that God would decide to crush me, That He would let loose His hand and cut me off!
Psalm 72:4 May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy, And crush the oppressor.
Psalm 89:10 You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm.
to crush

Causative action by which an object is deformed or pulverized by exerting heavy pressure on it

Examples
Job 4:19 ‘How much more those who live in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
to crush

Literally: to crush; hence: causative action by which humans cause other humans to suffer harm and humiliation, which feels as if one has been crushed with a heavy object

Examples
Job 5:4 “His sons are far from safety, They are also oppressed at the gate, And there is no one to save them.
Job 34:25 “Therefore He knows their deeds, And He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
to crush, to make humble, to make contrite

Literally: to crush; hence: causative action by which someone causes someone else to feel humble and remorseful by causing that person to suffer harm and humiliation

Examples
Isaiah 57:15 For this is what the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.
Jeremiah 44:10 “Yet they have not become contrite even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in My Law or My statutes, which I placed before you and before your fathers.”’

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

16 occurrences in 8 groups

Not stated: they 5
Not stated: he, she or it 3
Not stated: you (more than one) 2
Not stated (infinitive) 2
זְרוֹעַarm, strength 1
אַתָּהyou 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

11 occurrences in 9 groups

Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

9 occurrences in 8 groups

בin/on/with+ שַׁעַרgate 2
מִןfrom+ עָוֺןiniquity 1
עַדto, as far as, until+ יוֹםday, time 1
תַּחַתunder, below, instead of+ רֶגֶלfoot, leg 1
בin/on/with+ מִלָּהword, words 1
כlike/as+ חָלָלslain, wounded 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 2 groups

לֹאnot 1
אַלnot, do not 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1
חָפֵץto like, to be pleased, to desire 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

לֵבheart, mind 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 1 word

ταπεινόω tapeinóō · G5013 · to make low, to level off, to make level: ταπεινόω (tapeinóō, G5013) ταπεινόω renders the figurative/psychological dimension of דָּכָא (dâkâʼ, H1792) דָּכָא (to humble, make contrite) in contexts emphasizing inner disposition rather than physical crushing, though both share the semantic core of bringing low or reducing from a higher state.

Semantic domains 4 entries

Impact002001001024: דָּכָא describes crushing or beating something to pieces, an action of forceful impact, as when Job's companions describe the crushing of those who dwell in fragile houses of clay.
Dead002001001018: דָּכָא also carries the sense of being cut off or destroyed, as in Job's request that God would let loose His hand and cut him off, a wish tied to death.
Insignificant002001002015: דָּכָא describes being humbled or brought low, reduced to insignificance, as the oppressed are crushed and left without anyone to save them.
Unsafe002003003022: The crushing and oppression דָּכָא describes leaves its victims in a state of danger and vulnerability, as pictured in the oppressed being crushed at the gate with no one to help.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

דָּכָאdâkâʼ · H1792דָּכָה dâkâh · H1794 · to crush, to be crushed · 5×דַּכָּא dakkâʼ · H1793 · crushing, crushed, humble · 3×דַּכָּה dakkâh · H1795 · crushing, crushed, humble · 1×דֳּכִי dŏkîy · H1796 · pounding · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1792. daka [דָּכָא] verb crush, poetic (Assyrian dakû, crush, Muss-ArnHebraica. Oct.…

H1792. daka
[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 Psa 143:3; Psa 143:2masculine singular דִּכִּאתָ Psa 89:11; Imperfect וִידַכֵּא Psa 72:4; Psa 72:2masculine singular תְּדַכֵּא Pro 22:22 (juss); יְדַכְּאוּ Psa 94:5, תְּדַכְּאוּ Isa 3:15; suffix וִידַכְּאֵנִי Job 6:9, יְדַכְּאוּם Job 4:19; Job 4:2masculine 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 Psa 143:3, Egypt Psa 89:11 (compare De Che; ׳י subject), servant of Yahweh Isa 53:10 (׳י subject), Job 6:9 וִיד אֱלוֺהַּ ׳וְיֹאֵל; oppressor Psa 72:4, God's people Psa 94:5 (|| יְּעַנּוּ), Isa 3:15, compare Pro 22:22 illegally in tribunal, Lam 3:34 ׳ד רגליו תחת (in all human oppressor subject); crush me בְּמִלִּים Job 19:2 (Job's friends, subject; || נַפְשִׁי תּוֺגְיוּן); 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 Pro 22:22); are crushed Job 34:25 (the mighty, by God).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 4 entries

Dead5 occurrences Impact2 occurrences Insignificant2 occurrences Unsafe9 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0