דַּכָּאdakkâʼ

דַּכָּא: contrite, (crushed) (Isaiah 57:15; Psalms 34:19)

Pronunciation: dak-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1793

Meanings

דַּכָּא: dust, (as pulverized) (Psalms 90:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 34:18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.
  • Psalms 90:3 You turn people back to dust, saying, “Return to dust, you mortals!”
  • Isaiah 57:15 The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).