Lexical Definition

‎דָּכָה‎ dâkâh (daw-kaw') to crush ^H:V
a primitive root (compare ‎דַּךְ‎, ‎דָּכָא‎)

break (sore), contrite, crouch.

• to collapse (phys. or mentally)

1) to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken
1a) (Qal) to be crushed, collapse
1b)(Niphal) to be crushed, be contrite, be broken
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to crush down
1c2) to crush to pieces

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎דָּכָה‎] verb id. (only Psalms); —

Qal dubious; ‎ודכה‎ (‎יָשֹׁחַ‎) Ps 10:10 Kt is read as Qal Perfect ‎וְדָכָה‎ consecutive by Rob-Ges Ol De and others, i.e. and he is crushed, or and he croucheth (Qr ‎יִדְכֶּה‎ Imperfect so AV RV he croucheth); others read ‎וְדָכֶה יָשֹׁחַ‎ (adjective intransitive or passive) and crushed he sinketh down, compare VB Che; possible would be ‎יִדָּכֶה‎ Niph`al (|| ‎יָשֹׁחַ‎ and ‎ונפל‎). Niph`al Perfect ‎וְנִדְכֵּ֫יתִי‎ Ps 38:9* Participle ‎נִדְכֶּה‎ Ps 51:19* — be crushed, broken, of physical distress Ps 38:9* (|| ‎נְפוּגֹתִי‎); be contrite (‎לֵב נִדְכֶּה‎) Ps 51:19* (|| ‎נִשְׁבָּר‎). Pi`el Perfect ‎דִּכִּיתָ‎ Ps 51:10* suffix ‎דִּכִּיתָנוּ‎ Ps 44:20* crush down, of divine wrath; with accusative Ps 44:20*, and crush to pieces, object reference to ‎עצמות‎, in metaphor Ps 51:10*. — ‎דָּכוּ֨‎ Num 11:8 see ‎דוך‎.

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