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title: דָּקַק — crush · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּקַק (1854), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: crush. BDB 1906: vb. crush, pulverise, thresh; be fine Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּקַק

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«דָּקַק» 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 1854 · **BDB:** דָּקַק

### Glosses

he.pulverized.\[it\] (3); it.was.fine (2); I (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

crush [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1854/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. crush, pulverise, thresh; be fine Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1854/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. crush, pulverise, thresh; be fine (Arabic دَقَّ be or become thin, minute; Ethiopic ደቀቀ Assyrian daḳâḳu Pa. break in pieces COTGloss; Ph. דק id., Aramaic דַּקֵּק Pa. id., ܕܰܩ )— Pf. 3 ms. דַּק Dt 9:21, דָּ֑ק Ex 32:20; Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְדֻקֶּ֑נּוּ Is 28:28; 2 ms. תָּדֹק Is 41:15;— crush (trans.) sq. acc. לֶחֶם bread-stuff, corn Is 28:28; of threshing ‖ דּוּשׁ Is 41:15 (fig. of pulverizing mts.) only Pf.; be fine, of state to wh. Moses reduced the golden calf by grinding וַיִּטְחַן עַד אֲשֶׁר־דָּ֑ק Ex 32:20; וָאֶכֹּת אֹתוֹ טָחוֹן הֵיטֵב עַד אֲשֶׁר־דַּק לְעָפָר Dt 9:21. Pf. הֵדַק 2 K 23:15; 2 Ch 34:4; 2 fs. וַהֲדִקּוֹת consec. Mi 4:13; Impf. וַיָּ֫דֶק 2 K 23:6; 2 Ch 15:16; 1 s. sf. אֲדִקֵּם 2 S 22:43 (but אֲרִיקֵם ‖ ψ 18:43); Inf. abs. הָדֵק Ex 30:36; cstr. לְהֵדַק 2 Ch 34:7 (form anomalous cf. Ew§ 238 d Ol§ 258 b Be; read perhaps לְהָדֵק Ki; or לָדַק \[v. כַּדַּק Is 40:15\] cf. Öt);—make dust of, pulverize וַיָּ֫דֶק לְעָפָר 2 K 23:6 (i.e. the Ashera), ‖ 2 Ch 34:4, 7 (כִּתַּת לְהֵדַק); so of the bamah הֵדַק לְעָפָר 2 K 23:15; of the מִפְלֶצֶת 2 Ch 15:16; fig. Mi 4:13 (obj. עַמִּים רַבִּים); Ex 30:36 (P) has וְשָׁחַקְתָּ֫ מִמֶּנָּה הָדֵק and thou shalt beat some of it fine i.e. the incense); 2 S 22:43 read אֲרִיקֵם (‖ ψ 18:43) for אֲדִקֵּם (v. ריק). Impf. יוּדָ֑ק Is 28:28 be crushed, subj. לֶחֶם bread corn (cf. supr. Qal);—on sense cf. Che Di.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּקַק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1854/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.43/)

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וְאֶשְׁחָקֵ֖ם כַּעֲפַר־אָ֑רֶץ כְּטִיט־חוּצ֥וֹת אֲדִקֵּ֖ם אֶרְקָעֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* and I beat.them.fine like.\[the\] dust of.\[the\].earth like.\[the\] mud of.\[the\].streets I pulverized.them I beat.them.out

*JPS 1917:* Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did tread them down.

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[Isaiah 41:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.41.15/)

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הִנֵּ֣ה שַׂמְתִּ֗יךְ לְמוֹרַג֙ חָר֣וּץ חָדָ֔שׁ בַּ֖עַל פִּֽיפִיּ֑וֹת תָּד֤וּשׁ הָרִים֙ וְתָדֹ֔ק וּגְבָע֖וֹת כַּמֹּ֥ץ תָּשִֽׂים׃

*Word for word:* here! I will.make.you (into).a threshing-sledge sharp new an.owner of.edges you.will.thresh mountains and you.will.crush.\[them\] and hills like (the) chaff you.will.make

*JPS 1917:* Behold, I make thee a new threshing-sledge having sharp teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.

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