דָּכָה
dâkâh · daw-kaw'
to collapse (phys. or mentally)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1790 (דַּךְ), H1792 (דָּכָא));
to collapse (phys. or mentally)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: break (sore), contrite, crouch.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the doorway, the way in › the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold
The doorway, the way in of the open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of דָּכָה 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- he croucheth1 · 20%
- broken1 · 20%
- though thou hast sore broken1 · 20%
- which thou hast broken1 · 20%
- and a contrite1 · 20%
Where it is used, by book.
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.