דַּךְ
dak · dak
crushed, i.e. (figuratively) injured
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root (compare H1794 (דָּכָה));
crushed, i.e. (figuratively) injured
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: afflicted, oppressed.
Letters
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the open hand that covers
The doorway, the way in of the open hand that covers.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דַּךְ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for the oppressed1 · 25%
- and the oppressed1 · 25%
- o let not the oppressed1 · 25%
- those that are afflicted1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.