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title: דָּכָה — collapse · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּכָה (1794), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: collapse. BDB 1906: vb. Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּכָה

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«דָּכָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **collapse** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 1794 · **BDB:** דָּכָה

### Glosses

I.am.crushed (1); \[which\].you.have.crushed (1); crushed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

collapse [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1794/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1794/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. crush (only ψ);— ודכה (יָשֹׁחַ) ψ 10:10 Kt is read as Qal Pf. וְדָכָה consec. by RobGes Ol De al., i.e. and he is crushed, or and he croucheth (Qr יִדְכֶּה Impf. so AV RV he croucheth); others read וְדָכֶה יָשֹׁחַ (adj. intrans. or passive) and crushed he sinketh down, cf. VB Che; possible wd. be יִדָּכֶה Niph. (‖ יָשֹׁחַ and ונפל). Pf. וְנִדְכֵּ֫יתִי ψ 38:9; Pt. נִדְכֶּה ψ 51:19;—be crushed, broken, of physical distress ψ 38:9 (‖ נְפוּגֹתִי); be contrite (לֵב נִדְכֶּה) ψ 51:19 (‖ נִשְׁבָּר). Pf. דִכִּיתָ ψ 51:10; sf. דִּכִּיתָנוּ ψ 44:20; crush down, of divine wrath; c. acc. ψ 44:20, and crush to pieces, obj. ref. to עצמות, in metaph. ψ 51:10.—דָּכוּ֨ Nu 11:8 v. דוך.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּכָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1794/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 51:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.51.10/)

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תַּ֭שְׁמִיעֵנִי שָׂשׂ֣וֹן וְשִׂמְחָ֑ה תָּ֝גֵ֗לְנָה עֲצָמ֥וֹת דִּכִּֽיתָ׃

*Word for word:* you will.make.me.hear joy and gladness let.them.rejoice \[the\].bones \[which\].you.have.crushed

*JPS 1917:* Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.

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[Psalms 10:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.10/)

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יִדְכֶּ֥ה יָשֹׁ֑חַ וְנָפַ֥ל בַּ֝עֲצוּמָ֗יו חֵ֣יל כָּאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* he.is.crushed he.is.bowed.down and he.falls among his.mighty \[ones\] an.army of.disheartened.\[people\]

*JPS 1917:* He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.

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