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# דָּכָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H1794

**collapse** — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I am crushed (1); \[which\] you have crushed (1); crushed (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

[Psalms 10:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.10.10/#tree)

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/1794.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1794/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).