dakh describes people brought low or harmed, including those needing protection from further oppression.

The attested use describes people who have been brought low or harmed: Psalm 10:18 joins them with the orphan in a plea for judgment, Psalm 74:21 asks that they not return humiliated, and Proverbs 26:28 places them as the objects of a lying tongue's hatred. Psalm 9:10 has the same singular adjective form, though the APB does not visibly isolate its contribution.

1. People brought low or harmed · dominant

   In Psalm 10:18, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the clause where the orphan and the crushed are to be judged so that an earthly person may terrify no more; the APB renders the verse with “the orphan and the crushed.” In Psalm 74:21, the same form is in the appeal not to let “the crushed and humiliated return,” while Proverbs 26:28 uses the masculine plural construct form for those hated by a lying tongue, rendered by the APB as “its victims.” Psalm 9:10 also has the singular absolute form, but the APB rendering does not make the term's specific contribution clear.

   Psalm 10:18Psalm 74:21Proverbs 26:28Psalm 9:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “the crushed” in Psalm 10:18 and Psalm 74:21, and as “its victims” in Proverbs 26:28. In Psalm 9:10 it does not visibly represent the term; These renderings do not establish separate senses.