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title: דָּכָא — crush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּכָא (1792), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: crush. BDB 1906: vb. crush Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּכָא

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«דָּכָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **crush** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 1792 · **BDB:** דָּכָא

### Glosses

crush (2); they.are.crushed (2); \[he.was\].crushed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1792/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. crush Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1792/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. crush, poet. (Assyrian dakû, crush, Muss-ArnoltHbr Oct. 1890, 66) not in ;— Pt. נִדְכָּאִים Is 57:15;—crushed, fig. = contrite ones. Pf. דִּכָּא ψ 143:3; 2 ms. דִּבִּאתָ ψ 89:11; Impf. וִידַכֵּא ψ 72:4; 2 ms. תְּדַכֵּא Pr 22:22 (juss.); יְדַכְּאוּ ψ 94:5, תְּדַכְּאוּ Is 3:15; sf. וִידַכְּאֵנִי Jb 6:9, יְדַכְּאוּם Jb 4:19; 2 mpl. וּתְדַכּאוּנַּנִי Jb 19:2 (so Baer, v. his ed. p. 44, cf. Norzi); Inf. לְדַכֵּא La 3:34; sf. דַּכְּאוֹ Is 53:10;—crush, (fig.) c. acc. one’s life to the earth ψ 143:3, Egypt ψ 89:11 (cf. De Che; י׳ subj.), servant of Yahweh Is 53:10 (י׳ subj.), Jb 6:9 וְיֹאֵל אֱלוֹהַּ וִיד׳; oppressor ψ 72:4, God’s people ψ 94:5 (‖ יְעַנּוּ), Is 3:15, cf. Pr 22:22 illegally in tribunal, La 3:34 ד׳ תחת רגליו (in all human oppressor subj.); crush me בְּמִלִּים Jb 19:2 (Job’s friends, subj.; ‖ תּוֹגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי); never lit., not even Jb 4:19 (יְדַכְּאוּם, with indef. subj.), for suff. ref. not to בָּֽתֵּי־חֹמֶר, but rather to שֹׁכְנֵי, i.e. men inhabiting the clay houses, bodies, cf. Di. Pf. דֻּכְּאוּ Je 44:10; Impf. יְדֻכָּא Jb 22:9; Pt. מְדֻכָּא Is 53:5, מְדֻכָּאִים Is 19:10;—crushed, broken in pieces, shattered Jb 22:9 c. obj. fem. זרועות; Is 19:10 subj. שָׁתוֹת (here metaphor. for nobles); fig. of servant of י׳ Is 53:5; made humble, contrite Je 44:10. Impf. יִדַּכְּאוּ Jb 5:4, יִדַּכָּ֑אוּ Jb 34:25;—must let themselves be crushed, i.e. maltreated Jb 5:4 (in court בשׁער, cf. Pi. Pr 22:22); are crushed Jb 34:25 (the mighty, by God).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּכָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1792/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 22:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.9/)

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אַ֭לְמָנוֹת שִׁלַּ֣חְתָּ רֵיקָ֑ם וּזְרֹע֖וֹת יְתֹמִ֣ים יְדֻכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* widows you.have.sent.away empty and.\[the\] arms of.fatherless.ones it.has.been.crushed

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

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[Psalms 94:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.94.5/)

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עַמְּךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה יְדַכְּא֑וּ וְֽנַחֲלָתְךָ֥ יְעַנּֽוּ׃

*Word for word:* people your O.Yahweh they.crush and inheritance your they.afflict

*JPS 1917:* They crush Thy people, O LORD, and afflict Thy heritage.

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