Lexical Definition

‎דָּחָה‎ dâchâh (daw-khaw') to thrust ^H:V
or דָּחַח dâchach (daw-khakh'); (Jeremiah 23:12), a primitive root

chase, drive away (on), overthrow, outcast, [idiom] sore, thrust, totter.

• to push down

1) to push, thrust, chase, overflow, totter, sore, drive away or out, be outcast, be cast down
1a) (Qal) to push, push violently
1b) (Niphal) to be thrust down, be cast down
1c) (Pual) to be thrust down

See Greek: ἀνατρέπω · ἀπωθέομαι · ἐξωθέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דָּחָה‎ verb push, thrust (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎דְּחִי‎, ‎דְּחָא‎, ; cf also Arabic , spread, extend, also throw, propel) —

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎דְּחִיתַנִי‎ Ps 118:13 Infinitive construct ‎לִדְחוֺת‎ Ps 140:5* absolute ‎דָּחֹה‎ Ps 118:13 Participle active ‎דֹּחֶה‎ Ps 35:5 (read ‎דֹּחָם‎ ᵐ5 De Che); passive feminine ‎הַדְּחוּיָה‎ Ps 62:4* — push, ‎דָּחֹה דָחָה‎ push violently figurative with accusative Ps 118:13 followed by clause of purpose ‎לִנְפֹּל‎, compare ‎לִדְחוֺת פעמי‎ Ps 140:5* (Che trip up my feet), & Ps 35:5 (transpose ‎דחה‎ with ‎רדפם‎ vPs 35:6 and read ‎דֹּחָם‎ ᵐ5; compare ‎יְהִידֿרכם חשׁך וַחֲלַקְלַקֹּת‎ v^a, and Jer 23:12); pushed in (Che), in simile, passive participle, said of ‎גָּדֵר‎ wall Ps 62:4* (|| ‎קיר נטוי‎). Niph`al Imperfect ‎יִדָּחֶה‎ Prov 14:32 (3 masculine plural ‎יִדַּ֫חוּ‎ Jer 23:12 is from ‎דחח‎, if rightly pointed; ‎נִדְחֵי‎ Isa 11:12; Isa 56:8; Ps 147:2, see below ‎נדח‎); — be thrust or cast down, figurative of wicked Prov 14:32, compare Ps 35:6 above Pu`al Perfect 3 plural ‎דֹּחוּ‎ Ps 36:13* they are thrust down (|| ‎נפלו‎ & ‎לא יכלו קום‎).

[‎דָּחַח‎] verb only Niph`al Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִדַּ֫חוּ‎ (Kö^{i. 377}) Jer 23:12 they shall be thrust down, figurative, of wicked; read perhaps ‎יִדָּח֫וּ‎, from ‎דחה‎ q. v.

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