דָּחַח
da.chach
H1760B
H:V
Hebrew
to thrust
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Books
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
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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.