What does דָּכָא (dākāʾ) mean in the Bible?
דָּכָא (dākāʾ): Bruising that breaks the will; used of God humbling the proud or the oppressed suffering injury.
Hebrew · H1792
דָּכָא
To crumble ; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
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דָּכָאH1792
Pronunciationdākāʾ
What does דָּכָא (dākāʾ) mean in the Bible?
דָּכָא (dākāʾ): Bruising that breaks the will; used of God humbling the proud or the oppressed suffering injury.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1792?
The BSB source-word alignment has 18 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include crushed (2), and crush (1), and crush me (1), and they are crushed (1), crush (1).
Where does דָּכָא (dākāʾ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Job 4:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Job (6), Isaiah (5), Psalms (4), Jeremiah (1).
Are there verse guides for דָּכָא (dākāʾ)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itcrushed2×Job 5:4, Psalms 89:10
and crush1×Psalms 72:4
and crush me1×Job 19:2
and they are crushed1×Job 34:25
crush1×Proverbs 22:22
crushing1×Psalms 143:3
dejected1×Isaiah 19:10
do you crush1×Isaiah 3:15
He was crushed1×Isaiah 53:5
humbled themselves1×Jeremiah 44:10
of the contrite1×Isaiah 57:15
They crush1×Psalms 94:5
To crush1×Lamentations 3:34
to crush Him1×Isaiah 53:10
to crush me1×Job 6:9
was crushed1×Job 22:9
who can be crushed1×Job 4:19
Show sample aligned rows
Job 4:19יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּםtowho can be crushedVerb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine pluralJob 5:4וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּtocrushedConjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine pluralJob 6:9וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִיtoto crush meConjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singularJob 19:2וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִיtoand crush meConjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular, Paragogic nunJob 22:9יְדֻכָּֽא׃towas crushedVerb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singularJob 34:25וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃toand they are crushedConjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine pluralPsalms 72:4וִֽידַכֵּ֣אtoand crushConjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singularPsalms 89:10דִכִּ֣אתָtocrushedVerb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singularPsalms 94:5יְדַכְּא֑וּtoThey crushVerb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralPsalms 143:3דִּכָּ֣אtocrushingVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
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First aligned rowJob 4:19
Aligned rows18
Books represented6
Job6Psalms4Proverbs1Isaiah5Jeremiah1Lamentations1
Source forms
דִּכָּ֣א1xdik·kāPsalms 143:3
דַּכְּאוֹ֙1xdak·kə·’ōwIsaiah 53:10
דֻכְּא֔וּ1xḏuk·kə·’ūJeremiah 44:10
דִכִּ֣אתָ1xḏik·ki·ṯāPsalms 89:10
וִֽידַכֵּ֣א1xwî·ḏak·kêPsalms 72:4
וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ1xwə·yid·dak·kə·’ūJob 5:4
וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃1xwə·yid·dak·kā·’ūJob 34:25
וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי1xwî·ḏak·kə·’ê·nîJob 6:9
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural2xJob 5:4, Job 34:25
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular, Paragogic nun1xJob 19:2
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular1xPsalms 72:4
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular1xJob 6:9
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct1xLamentations 3:34
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural1xIsaiah 57:15
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural1xIsaiah 3:15
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular1xProverbs 22:22
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Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Bruising that breaks the will; used of God humbling the proud or the oppressed suffering injury.
Source Gloss
to crumble ; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Bruising that breaks the will; used of God humbling the proud or the oppressed suffering injury.
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively) BDB: crush Usage: beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups3Aligned forms10
Pualintensive passive — intensive action received by the subject4×
Participle passiveIsa 19:10 · Isa 53:52×
PerfectJer 44:101×
ImperfectJob 22:91×
Pielintensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action5×
ImperfectIsa 3:15 · Ps 94:52×
PerfectPs 89:11 · Ps 143:32×
JussiveProv 22:221×
Niphalpassive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action1×
Participle activeIsa 57:151×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Old Testament Witnesses
To crush or oppress severely.
Showing 1 selected witness from 18 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
דָּכָא is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
The term highlights the severity of injustice and the moral gravity of harming the vulnerable.Isaiah 3:13-15
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