Midvash

דָּכָהdâkâh

id., Qal dubious

Pronunciation: daw-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1794

Meanings

Niph`al: be crushed, broken, be contrite, of physical distress (Psalms 38:9; Psalms 51:19)

Pi`el: crush down, crush to pieces (Psalms 51:10; Psalms 44:20; Numbers 11:8)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 10:10 Their helpless victims are crushed; they fall beneath the strength of the wicked.
  • Psalms 38:8 I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.
  • Psalms 44:19 Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home. You have covered us with darkness and death.
  • Psalms 51:8 Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me— now let me rejoice.
  • Psalms 51:17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.

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).