Lexical Definition

‎רָצַץ‎ râtsats (raw-tsats') to crush ^H:V
a primitive root

break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.

• to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively

1) to crush, oppress
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to crush, get crushed, be crushed
1a2) to crush, oppress (fig)
1a3) crushed (participle passive)
1b) (Niphal) to be crushed, be broken
1c) (Piel)
1c1) to crush in pieces
1c2) to grievously oppress (fig)
1d) (Poel) to oppress (fig)
1e) (Hiphil) to crush
1f) (Hithpoel) to crush each other

See Greek: θραύω · καταδυναστεύω · καταπατέω · κλάω · λυμαίνομαι · σκιρτάω · συνθλάω · συνθλίβω · συντρίβω

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[‎רָצַץ‎] verb crush (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bruise, bray, crush; Aramaic ‎רְעַ‎, crush, shatter); —

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎רַצּוֺתָנוּ‎ 1Sam 12:4 1 singular ‎רַצּוֺתִי‎ v1Sam 12:3 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָּרוּץ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:67q»§ 67q}) Isa 42:4 (Babylonian Manuscript ‎יֵרוֺץ‎, Niph`al, so SS here and Eccl 12:6a), 3 feminine singular ‎תָּרוּץ‎ Eccl 12:6a, 1 singular ‎אָרֻץ‎ Ps 18:30* = ‎אָרוּץ‎ 2Sam 22:30 (see below); Participle active feminine plural ‎רֹצְצוֺת‎ Amos 4:1 passive ‎רָצוּץ‎ Isa 42:3 +, construct ‎רְצוּץ‎ Hos 5:11 plural ‎רְצוּצִים‎ Isa 58:6 — crush:

1. literal,
a. passive participle in ‎(הַ)קָּנֶה (הָ)רָצוּץ‎ 2Kgs 18:21 = Isa 36:6; Isa 42:3 (all metaphor of weak person).
b. imperfect intransitive get crushed (read ‎תֵּרוֺץ‎?), of bowl Eccl 12:6a (in metaphor).

2. figurative crush, oppress, accusative of person 1Sam 12:3; 1Sam 12:4; Amos 4:1 passive participle Deut 28:33, as substantive the oppressed Isa 58:6 ‎רְצוּץ מִשְׁפָּט‎ Hos 5:11 (We Now ‎רֹצֵץ‎, i.e. perverting judgment, but dubious); intransitive get crushed (read ‎יֵרוֺץ‎?), of servant of ‎׳‎‎י‎, under figure of wick, Isa 42:4 (+ ‎יִכְהֶה‎) he shall not grow dim or be crushed out. Niph`al be crushed, broken: Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive ‎נְרֹץ‎ (Ges<sup>«GKC:67t»§ 67t</sup>) Eccl 12:6b (of wheel at cistern); Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎תֵּרוֺץ‎ Ezek 29:7 (of Pharaoh as reed, compare Qal 1 a); Job 20:10 read perhaps ‎יֵרֹצּוּ‎ (for ‎יְרַצּוּ‎, see ‎רצה‎ Pi`el), are crushed (as) poor men, Bu, compare Hoffm SS Gerber. — Isa 42:2; Eccl 12:6 a see Qal. Pi`el crush in pieces:

1. literal (in metaphor) Perfect 2 masculine singular ‎רִצַּצְתָּ‎ Ps 74:14 with accusative of thing.

2. figurative = grievously oppress, 3 masculine singular ‎רִצַּץ‎ Job 20:19 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎וַיְרַצֵּץ מִן הָעָם‎ 2Chr 16:10. Po`el Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וַיְרֹצְצוּ‎ Judg 10:8, accusative of person (= Pi`el 2; || ‎רעץ‎; ‎רצץ‎ here perhaps doublet, so GFM^Hpt, compare Bu Now). Hiph`il Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎וַתָּ֫רִץ‎ (Kö<sup>i. 352</sup>; Ba<sup>ZMG xliii (1889), 181</sup> thinks Qal) Judg 9:53 she crushed his skull. Hithpo`el reciprocal, Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎וִיִּתְרֹצְצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ‎ Gen 25:22 (J) the children crushed (thurst, struck) one another within her.

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