dush denotes treading in threshing and, in forceful contexts, trampling or crushing what lies beneath.

The dominant attested use describes forceful trampling or crushing of peoples, land, flesh, or other objects; it also names the agricultural treading or threshing of grain and related produce.

1. Forceful trampling or crushing · dominant

   Qal forms occur where an action is directed against what is underfoot or subjected to crushing: in Habakkuk 3:12 the APB renders the clause "in anger you tread the nations," and in Isaiah 41:15 it renders the addressed action against mountains and hills as "you shall tread mountains and crush them." The same forceful setting appears in Judges 8:7, where Gideon says he will thresh flesh with wilderness thorns and briers, and in Micah 4:13, where the daughter of Zion is commanded to thresh and "crush many peoples."

   Habakkuk 3:12Isaiah 41:15Judges 8:7Micah 4:13Isaiah 25:10Job 39:15
2. Treading in the threshing process · common

   Qal infinitive constructs and a participle place the action in agricultural work. In 1 Chronicles 21:20 the APB renders Ornan as "treading wheat," while Deuteronomy 25:4 concerns an ox "treading out the grain"; Isaiah 28:27 and Isaiah 28:28 discuss what is or is not threshed.

   1 Chronicles 21:20Deuteronomy 25:4Hosea 10:11Isaiah 28:27Isaiah 28:28

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with agricultural language such as "treading wheat," "treading out the grain," and "threshed," while forceful contexts use "tread," "trodden down," "crush," or "thresh." Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings indicate the clauses' presentation rather than fixed equivalents for each form.