Lexicon
דָּחַח
da.chach
H1760B
H:V Hebrew

to thrust

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Hebrew
Language

da.chach describes being driven down on a slippery path, leading to a fall.

The sole attested use depicts people being driven down on slippery paths so that they fall, within a declaration of coming distress and punishment in Jeremiah 23:12.

Senses in use

  1. Being driven down to fall · dominant

    In Jeremiah 23:12, the Niphal imperfect masculine plural form occurs in the clause about slippery paths in darkness; the APB renders the result, “they shall be pushed down and fall in them.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Jeremiah 23:12, the APB presents the clause as “they shall be pushed down and fall in them.” The precise division between being pushed down and falling cannot be assigned with certainty.

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