† [
דָּכָא]
verb crush, poetic (Assyrian
dakû,
crush, Muss-Arn
Hebraica. Oct. 1890, 66) not in
Qal; —
Niph. Participle נִדְכָּאִים Isaiah 57:15; —
crushed, figurative =
contrite ones.
Pi. Perfect דִּכָּא Psalm 143:3;
2nd person masculine singular דִּכִּאתָ Psalm 89:11;
Imperfect וִידַכֵּא Psalm 72:4;
2nd person masculine singular תְּדַכֵּא Proverbs 22:22 (juss);
יְדַכְּאוּ Psalm 94:5,
תְּדַכְּאוּ Isaiah 3:15; suffix
וִידַכְּאֵנִי Job 6:9,
יְדַכְּאוּם Job 4:19;
2nd person masculine plural וּתְדַכּאוּנַּנִי Job 19:2 (so Baer, see his edition p. 44, compare Norzi);
Infinitive לִדַכֵּא Lamentations 3:34;
suffix דַּכְּאוֺ Isaiah 53:10; —
crush, (figurative) with accusative one's life to the earth
Psalm 143:3, Egypt
Psalm 89:11 (compare De Che;
י׳ subject), servant of Yahweh
Isaiah 53:10 (
י׳ subject),
Job 6:9 וְיֹאֵל אֱלוֺהַּ וִיד׳; oppressor
Psalm 72:4, God's people
Psalm 94:5 (||
יְּעַנּוּ),
Isaiah 3:15, compare
Proverbs 22:22 illegally in tribunal,
Lamentations 3:34 תחת רגליו ד׳ (in all human oppressor subject);
crush me בְּמִלִּים Job 19:2 (Job's friends, subject; ||
תּוֺגְיוּן נַפְשִׁי); never literal, not even
Job 4:19 (
יְדַכְּאוּם, with indefinite subject), for suffix reference not to
בָּֽתֵּיחֹֿמֶר, but rather to
שֹׁכְנֵי, i.e. men inhabiting the clay houses, bodies, compare Di.
Pu. Perfect דֻּכְּאוּ Jeremiah 44:10;
Imperfect יְדֻכָּא Job 22:9;
Participle מְדֻכָּא Isaiah 53:5,
מְדֻכָּאִים Isaiah 19:10; —
crushed, broken in pieces, shattered
Job 22:9 with object feminine
זרועות;
Isaiah 19:10 subject
שָׁתוֺת (here metaphor. for nobles); figurative of servant of
י׳ Isaiah 53:5; made humble, contrite
Jeremiah 44:10.
Hithp. Imperfect יִדַּכְּאוּ Job 5:4,
יִדַּכָּ֑אוּ Job 34:25; —
must let themselves be crushed, i.e. maltreated
Job 5:4 (in court
בשׁער, compare
Pi. Proverbs 22:22);
are crushed Job 34:25 (the mighty, by God).
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