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title: דָּחָה — push · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּחָה (1760), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: push. BDB 1906: vb. push, thrust. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּחָה

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«דָּחָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **push** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 1760 · **BDB:** דָּחָה

### Glosses

\[be\].pushing (1); down (1); he.is.pushed.down (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

push [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1760/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. push, thrust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1760/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. push, thrust (NH id. Aramaic דְּחִי, דְּחָא, ܕܚܳܐ; cf. also Arabic دَحَا spread, extend, also throw, propel)— Pf. 2 ms. sf. דְּחִיתַנִי ψ 118:13; Inf. cstr. לִדְחוֹת ψ 140:5; abs. דָּחֹה ψ 118:13; Pt. act. דֹּחֶה ψ 35:5 (read דֹּחָם 𝔊 De Che); pass. f. הַדְּחוּיָה ψ 62:4;—push, דָּחֹה דָחָה push violently fig. c. acc. ψ 118:13 sq. cl. of purpose לִנְפֹּל, cf. לִדְחוֹת פעמי ψ 140:5 (Che trip up my feet), \& ψ 35:5 (transp. דחה with רדפם v 6 and read דֹּחָם 𝔊; cf. יְהִי־דרכם חשׁך וַחֲלַקְלַקֹּת v a, and Je 23:12); pushed in (Che), in sim., pt. pass., said of גָּדֵר wall ψ 62:4 (‖ קיר נטוי). Impf. יִדָּחֶה Pr 14:32; (3 mpl. יִדַּ֫חוּ Je 23:12 is from דחח, if rightly pointed; נִדְחֵי Is 11:12; 56:8 ψ 147:2, v. sub נדח);—be thrust or cast down, fig. of wicked Pr 14:32, cf. ψ 35:5 supr. Pf. 3 pl. דֹּחוּ ψ 36:13 they are thrust down (‖נפלו \& לא יכלו קום).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּחָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1760/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 36:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.36.13/)

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שָׁ֣ם נָ֭פְלוּ פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן דֹּ֝ח֗וּ וְלֹא־יָ֥כְלוּ קֽוּם׃

*Word for word:* there they.have.fallen \[those.who\].do (of).wickedness they.were.pushed.down and not they.were.able to.rise

*JPS 1917:* There are the workers of iniquity fallen; they are thrust down, and are not able to rise.

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[Psalms 118:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.118.13/)

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דַּחֹ֣ה דְחִיתַ֣נִי לִנְפֹּ֑ל וַ֖יהוָ֣ה עֲזָרָֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* violently.(push) you pushed.me to fall and Yahweh he helped.me

*JPS 1917:* Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; but the LORD helped me.

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