לְ/דַכֵּא֙

𐤋/𐤃𐤊𐤀

ledake

to crush

a primitive root (compare דָּכָה); to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively); beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.

H1792

Lamentations 3:34 · Word #1

Lexicon H1792

Lemmaדָּכָא
Lemma (Paleo)𐤃𐤊𐤀
Transliterationdâkâʼ
Strong'sH1792
In-contextto crush

Morphology HR/Vpc All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan p — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...")

SIBI-P1 H1792-05

to thoroughly crush

Rootדכא (d-k-ʾ)
Core Meaningscrushing, pulverizing, breaking down, humbling, oppression
Semantic Rangeto crush physically, to pulverize, to break in pieces, to bruise, to oppress, to humble, to bring low (physically or metaphorically).
Conceptual SignificanceThe root often conveys both physical destruction and inner brokenness, especially the humbling or contrition of the heart before Elohim. It can describe divine judgment that crushes the wicked as well as the humbled state of the repentant.
Morphological NotesVerb, Piel stem, infinitive construct with prefixed לְ. The Piel stem conveys an intensive or causative-intensive nuance of the root דכא.
Rendering RationaleThe form is a Piel infinitive construct with prefixed לְ (“to”), indicating an intensive verbal action. "To thoroughly crush" preserves the root idea of being reduced or broken down while reflecting the intensive force of the Piel stem.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root דכא (crushing, pulverizing, breaking down, humbling, oppression)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H1793-01 daka crushed man
H1793-02 dakeey crushed ones of
H1792-01 dakeo and he caused him to be crushed

Word Usage (18 occurrences of H1792)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Isaiah 3:15 תְּדַכְּא֣וּ tedakeu crush
Isaiah 19:10 מְדֻכָּאִ֑ים medukaim crushed
Isaiah 53:5 מְדֻכָּ֖א meduka was crushed
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