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דַּק

𐤃𐤒

daq

H1851 adjective

SILEX Entry

Root דקק to crush, to make thin, to pulverize

Definition

Fine, thin, or small—most often describing physical qualities such as the consistency of powder, the thinness of a substance, or the slightness of an object or person. Used of dust, ashes, thin cows, thin ears of grain, or anything reduced to a small or slender state.

Semantic Range

fine (as dust or powder), thin (as in thin ears of grain or cows), small, slight, subtle, insubstantial

Root / Etymology

דַּק is a masculine singular adjective derived from the root ד-ק-ק (דָּקַק), meaning 'to crush, pulverize, make thin.' The adjective expresses the resultant state of something that has been made thin, fine, or small through crushing or diminishing.

Historical & Contextual Notes

In the Hebrew Bible, דַּק often describes substances reduced to fine particles (Exod 16:14, manna; Isa 29:5, dust). In Genesis 41 (vv.19-24), it describes gaunt cows and thin ears of grain in Pharaoh's dream, indicating physical slightness as a metaphor for scarcity or affliction. The term generally conveys an emphasis on smallness, fineness, or insubstantiality, whether in reference to persons, objects, or substances. Unlike similar adjectives such as קָטָן ('little, small'), דַּק emphasizes the effect of being made 'thin' or 'fine' through a physical process rather than inherent size or youthful smallness. Later usage in Jewish literary Hebrew continues some of these senses, focusing on fineness of powder or thinness of material. English translations occasionally obscure the physical nuance by rendering 'thin' as 'lean' or 'weak' in context, such as in Genesis 41's 'lean-fleshed' cows. Care should be taken not to impose medical or modern interpretive meanings where the original context is simply physical slightness or fineness.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

from דָּקַק; crushed, i.e. (by implication) small or thin; dwarf, lean(-fleshed), very little thing, small, thin.

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Root Family

דקק (d-q-q) — to crush, to make thin, to pulverize

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H1852 דֹּק fine thin cloth
H1854 דָּקַק I will pulverize them
H1855 דְּקַק they crushed

Word Forms

6 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H1851-01 דַּ֣ק daq HAamsa fine thin-fine 5
H1851-02 דַּקָּ֑ה daqah HAafsa fine thin 2
H1851-03 דַּקּ֖וֹת daqot HAafpa thin thin ones 2
H1851-06 וְ/דַקּ֣וֹת vedaqot HC/Aafpc and gaunt and thin ones of 2
H1851-04 הַ/דַּקּ֔וֹת hadaqot HTd/Aafpa thin the thin ones 2
H1851-05 כַּ/דַּ֥ק kadaq HRd/Aamsa like fine dust crushed-thin 1

Occurrences in Scripture

14 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H1851-06 Genesis 41:3 וְ/דַקּ֣וֹת vedaqot HC/Aafpc and thin and thin ones of
H1851-06 Genesis 41:4 וְ/דַקֹּ֣ת vedaqot HC/Aafpc and gaunt and thin ones of
H1851-03 Genesis 41:6 דַּקּ֖וֹת daqot HAafpa thin thin ones
H1851-04 Genesis 41:7 הַ/דַּקּ֔וֹת hadaqot HTd/Aafpa the thin the thin ones
H1851-03 Genesis 41:23 דַּקּ֖וֹת daqot HAafpa thin thin ones
H1851-04 Genesis 41:24 הַ/דַּקֹּ֔ת hadaqot HTd/Aafpa thin the thin ones
H1851-01 Exodus 16:14 דַּ֣ק daq HAamsa fine thin-fine
H1851-01 Exodus 16:14 דַּ֥ק daq-2 HAamsa fine thin-fine
H1851-01 Leviticus 13:30 דָּ֑ק daq HAamsa thin thin-fine
H1851-02 Leviticus 16:12 דַּקָּ֑ה daqah HAafsa fine thin
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