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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דָּכָא H1792
Pronunciation dākāʾ
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).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It crushed 2× Job 5:4, Psalms 89:10
and crush 1× Psalms 72:4
and crush me 1× Job 19:2
and they are crushed 1× Job 34:25
crush 1× Proverbs 22:22
crushing 1× Psalms 143:3
dejected 1× Isaiah 19:10
do you crush 1× Isaiah 3:15
He was crushed 1× Isaiah 53:5
humbled themselves 1× Jeremiah 44:10
of the contrite 1× Isaiah 57:15
They crush 1× Psalms 94:5
To crush 1× Lamentations 3:34
to crush Him 1× Isaiah 53:10
to crush me 1× Job 6:9
was crushed 1× Job 22:9
who can be crushed 1× Job 4:19
Show sample aligned rows
Job 4:19 יְ֝דַכְּא֗וּם to who can be crushed Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural Job 5:4 וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ to crushed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Job 6:9 וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי to to crush me Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Job 19:2 וּֽתְדַכְּאוּנַ֥נִי to and crush me Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular, Paragogic nun Job 22:9 יְדֻכָּֽא׃ to was crushed Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Job 34:25 וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃ to and they are crushed Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Psalms 72:4 וִֽידַכֵּ֣א to and crush Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Psalms 89:10 דִכִּ֣אתָ to crushed Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular Psalms 94:5 יְדַכְּא֑וּ to They crush Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Psalms 143:3 דִּכָּ֣א to crushing Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Job 4:19
Aligned rows 18
Books represented 6
Job 6 Psalms 4 Proverbs 1 Isaiah 5 Jeremiah 1 Lamentations 1
Source forms
דִּכָּ֣א 1x dik·kā Psalms 143:3
דַּכְּאוֹ֙ 1x dak·kə·’ōw Isaiah 53:10
דֻכְּא֔וּ 1x ḏuk·kə·’ū Jeremiah 44:10
דִכִּ֣אתָ 1x ḏik·ki·ṯā Psalms 89:10
וִֽידַכֵּ֣א 1x wî·ḏak·kê Psalms 72:4
וְיִֽדַּכְּא֥וּ 1x wə·yid·dak·kə·’ū Job 5:4
וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃ 1x wə·yid·dak·kā·’ū Job 34:25
וִֽידַכְּאֵ֑נִי 1x wî·ḏak·kə·’ê·nî Job 6:9
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural 2x Job 5:4, Job 34:25
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural | first person common singular, Paragogic nun 1x Job 19:2
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Psalms 72:4
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular 1x Job 6:9
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct 1x Lamentations 3:34
Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural 1x Isaiah 57:15
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural 1x Isaiah 3:15
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular 1x Proverbs 22:22
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Bruising that breaks the will; used of God humbling the proud or the oppressed suffering injury.
Strong's H1792
Lexical occurrences 18 verses Word forms 3 forms 10 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Isaiah 3:13-15 Source Gloss
to crumble ; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Extended definition Source: 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.
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Form groups 3 Aligned forms 10
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 4×
Participle passive Isa 19:10 · Isa 53:5 2×
Perfect Jer 44:10 1×
Imperfect Job 22:9 1×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 5×
Imperfect Isa 3:15 · Ps 94:5 2×
Perfect Ps 89:11 · Ps 143:3 2×
Jussive Prov 22:22 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 1×
Participle active Isa 57:15 1×
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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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain