# דָּכָה (dakhah)

Israeli respelling: da-khah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1794. 5 Old Testament occurrences.

to collapse (phys. or mentally)

King James renderings: break (sore), contrite, crouch.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/dakhah-h1794

## Occurrences

- [Psalms 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/10/10) — He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones.
- [Psalms 38:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/38/8) — I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
- [Psalms 44:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/44/19) — Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
- [Psalms 51:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/51/8) — Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
- [Psalms 51:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/51/17) — The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.