to trample
ra.mas describes bringing something underfoot, whether people, animals, places, or workable mud and clay.
The attested use describes forceful action underfoot: animals or people are brought down, streets and courts are walked upon, and mud or clay is pressed for construction. The same action appears in scenes of hostile defeat, ordinary movement, and the working of material with the feet.
Senses in use
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Bringing something underfoot · dominant
The forms describe feet or a moving creature acting upon a target: in 2 Kings 7:17 the APB renders the people at the gate as having “trampled him,” while in Daniel 8:7 it renders the goat as throwing the ram down and then “trampled it.” The same underfoot action is applied to streets in Ezekiel 26:11, a court in Isaiah 1:12, the crown in Isaiah 28:3, and clay in Nahum 3:14.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses “trampled” or “trample,” and also uses “tread” in Isaiah 63:3 and Psalm 91:13. Since the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the scenes of underfoot action without fixing a separate English equivalent in every clause.