דַּכָּא
dakkâʼ · dak-kaw'
crushed (literally powder, or figuratively, contrite)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1792 (דָּכָא);
crushed (literally powder, or figuratively, contrite)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: contrite, destruction.
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
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the open hand that covers › strength, the leader
The doorway, the way in of the open hand that covers of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דַּכָּא 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- such as be of a contrite1 · 33%
- to destruction1 · 33%
- place, with him also that is of a contrite1 · 33%
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.