dak.ka describes a contrite or crushed person, portrayed as lowly in spirit before God.

The attested use describes persons marked by contrition or crushing: Isaiah 57:15 identifies such a person as lowly in spirit, while Psalm 34:19 uses a plural construct form in a verse concerning the righteous amid afflictions and deliverance.

1. Persons marked by contrition or crushing · dominant

   In Isaiah 57:15, the masculine singular adjective identifies the one with whom God dwells, alongside the description “lowly in spirit”; the APB renders that clause “with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit.” In Psalm 34:19, the masculine plural construct form occurs in a verse where the APB describes the righteous as having many afflictions and being delivered from them all, though the translation does not isolate the term's specific contribution.

   Isaiah 57:15Psalm 34:19

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 57:15, the APB explicitly includes “contrite” in its rendering of the person described. In Psalm 34:19, the translation presents the verse in terms of the righteous, afflictions, and deliverance without isolating this term.