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title: דַּכָּא — contrite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דַּכָּא (1793), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: contrite. BDB 1906: adj. contrite. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דַּכָּא

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«דַּכָּא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **contrite** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1793 · **BDB:** דַּכָּא

### Glosses

\[people\].crushed (1); a.\[person\].crushed (1); crushed.matter (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

contrite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1793/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. contrite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1793/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. contrite (crushed)—דַּכָּא Is 57:15; דַּכְּאֵי ψ 34:19—contrite Is 57:15 (‖ שְׁפַל־רוּהַ); ד׳ רוּחַ ψ 34:19 (‖ נִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דַּכָּא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1793/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 90:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.90.3/)

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תָּשֵׁ֣ב אֱ֭נוֹשׁ עַד־דַּכָּ֑א וַ֝תֹּ֗אמֶר שׁ֣וּבוּ בְנֵי־אָדָֽם׃

*Word for word:* you.return humankind to crushed.matter and you.said return O.children of.humankind

*JPS 1917:* Thou turnest man to contrition; and sayest: 'Return, ye children of men.'

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[Psalms 34:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.34.19/)

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קָר֣וֹב יְ֭הוָה לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי־לֵ֑ב וְֽאֶת־דַּכְּאֵי־ר֥וּחַ יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].near Yahweh to \[those.who.are\].broken of.heart and (et) \[people\].crushed of.spirit he.delivers

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

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