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Lamentations 3:34

“To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דָּכָאdâkâʼ · daw-kaw'
H1792 · Hebrew

Definition: to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root (compare H1794 (דָּכָה));
KJV renderings: beat to pieces, break (in pieces), bruise, contrite, crush, destroy, humble, oppress, smite.
Grammar: לְ — preposition
דַכֵּא֙ — verb Piel, infinitive construct
Code HR/Vpc
Usage: Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 4:19 Job 5:4 Job 6:9 Job 19:2 Job 22:9

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָּכָא here.

Verse 33 Verse 35

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.