Word

רָצַץ

râtsats · H7533 · Hebrew · 19 occurrences

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Meanings

to break

Causative action by which humans destroy an object by using force to break it into two or more pieces

Examples
2 Kings 18:21 “Now behold, you have relied on the support of this broken reed, on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. That is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.
Ecclesiastes 12:6 Remember your Creator before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the spring is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed;
Isaiah 36:6 “Behold, you have relied on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
to crush

Causative action by which deities destroy an object by using force to break it into multiple pieces

Examples
Judges 9:53 But a woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
Psalm 74:14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness.
to oppress

Literally: to crush; hence: action by which humans in a position of authority treat those subjected to them unjustly

Examples
Deuteronomy 28:33 “A people whom you do not know will eat the produce of your ground and every product of your labor, and you will never be anything but oppressed and mistreated continually.
Judges 10:8 And they afflicted and oppressed the sons of Israel that year; for eighteen years they oppressed all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan, in Gilead in the land of the Amorites.
1 Samuel 12:3 “Here I am; testify against me before the LORD and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I exploited? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to close my eyes with it? I will return it to you.”
to struggle

Meaning unsure; literally: crushing; hence, possibly: action by which two humans use physical force against one another and strive for pre-eminence

Examples
Genesis 25:22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, “If it is so, why am I in this condition?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.

How it’s used In 7 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

13 occurrences in 10 groups

Not stated: he, she or it 3
Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

6 occurrences in 6 groups

בֵּןson 1
גֻּלְגֹּלֶתskull 1
אֶבְיוֹןpoor 1
מִיwho? 1
רֹאשׁhead, top, chief 1
נוּus 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

5 occurrences in 6 groups

אֵלto, toward+ בּוֹרpit, cistern 1
מִןfrom+ עַםpeople 1
בin/on/with+ עֵתtime, moment, period 1
בin/on/with+ קֶרֶבmidst, among, inner parts 1
בin/on/with+ שָׁנֶהyear 1
בin/on/with+ תָּפַשׂto take hold 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לֹאnot 2

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

מִשְׁפָּטjustice, judgment, ordinance 1

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

פָּרָהcow 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

הָיָהto be, to become 1
שָׁלַחto send, to send away 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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Semantic domains 3 entries

Impact002001001024: Judges 9:53 describes a woman who threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, "crushing his skull," directly attesting the sense of a forceful, crushing blow.
Unsafe002003003022: Deuteronomy 28:33, Judges 10:8, and 1 Samuel 12:3 all use this word of being "oppressed," richly and directly attesting a context of danger and mistreatment.
Wrestle002003001022: The sole occurrence, Genesis 25:22, describes how "the children struggled together" within Rebekah's womb, directly attesting the sense of physical struggling.

Word family 3 words

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

רָצַץrâtsats · H7533מְרֻצָה mᵉrutsâh · H4835 · running, course, life · 1×רַץ rats · H7518 · piece (of silver) · 1×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7533. ratsats [רָצַץ] verb crush (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bruise, bray,…

H7533. ratsats
[רָצַץ] verb crush (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bruise, bray, crush; Aramaic רְעַ, crush, shatter); —
Qal Perfect2masculine singular suffix רַצּוֺתָנוּ 1Sa 12:4; 1Sa 12:1singular רַצּוֺתִי 1Sa 12:3; Imperfect3masculine singular יָּרוּץ (Ges§ 67q) Isa 42:4 (Babylonian Manuscript יֵרוֺץ, Niph`al, so SS here and Ecc 12:6a), 3feminine singular תָּרוּץ Ecc 12:6a, 1singular אָרֻץ Psa 18:30 = אָרוּץ 2Sa 22:30 (see below); Participle active feminine plural רֹצְצוֺת Amo 4:1; passive רָצוּץ Isa 42:3 +, construct רְצוּץ Hos 5:11; plural רְצוּצִים Isa 58:6; — crush: 1 literal,
a. passive participle in (הָ)רָצוּץ (הַ)קָּנֶה 2Ki 18:21 = Isa 36:6; Isa 42:3 (all metaphor of weak person).
b. imperfect intransitive get crushed (read תֵּרוֺץ?), of bowl Ecc 12:6a (in metaphor).
2 figurative crush, oppress, accusative of person 1Sa 12:3-4, Amo 4:1; passive participle Deu 28:33, as substantive the oppressed Isa 58:6; מִשְׁמָּט רְצוּץ Hos 5:11 (We Now רֹצֵץ, i.e. perverting judgment, but dubious); intransitive get crushed (read יֵרוֺץ?), of servant of ׳י, under figure of wick, Isa 42:4 (+ יִכְהֶה) he shall not grow dim or be crushed out.
Niph`al be crushed, broken: Perfect3masculine singular consecutive נְרֹץ (Ges§ 67t) Ecc 12:6b (of wheel at cistern); Imperfect2masculine singular תֵּרוֺץ Eze 29:7 (of Pharaoh as reed, compare Qal 1 a); Job 20:10 read perhaps יֵרֹצּוּ (for יְרַצּוּ, see רצה Pi`el), are crushed (as) poor men, Bu, compare Hoffm SS Gerber. — Isa 42:2; Ecc 12:6 a see
Qal. Pi`el crush in pieces:
1 literal (in metaphor) Perfect2masculine singular רִצַּצְתָּ Psa 74:14 with accusative of thing.
2 figurative = grievously oppress, 3 masculine singular רִצַּץ Job 20:19; Imperfect3masculine singular הָעָם מִן וַיְרַצֵּץ2Ch 16:10.
Po`el Imperfect3masculine plural וַיְרֹצְצוּ Jdg 10:8, accusative of person (= Pi`el 2; || רעץ; רצץ here perhaps doublet, so GFMHpt, compare Bu Now).
Hiph`il Imperfect3feminine singular וַתָּ֫רִץ (Köi. 352; BaZMG xliii (1889), 181 thinks
Qal) Jdg 9:53 she crushed his skull.
Hithpo`el reciprocal, Imperfect3masculine plural בְּקִרְבָּהּ הַבָּנִים וִיִּתְרֹצְצוּ Gen 25:22 (J) the children crushed (thurst, struck) one another within her.

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

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Impact7 occurrences Wrestle1 occurrence 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