- Original: דּכה - Transliteration: Dakah - Phonetic: daw-kaw' - Definition: 1. to crush, be crushed, be contrite, be broken a. (Qal) to be crushed, collapse b. (Niphal) to be crushed, be contrite, be broken c. (Piel) 1. to crush down 2. to crush to pieces - Origin: a primitive root (compare H1790 , H1792 ) - TWOT entry: 428 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (compare H1790 H1792 ); to collapse (physically or mentally): - break (sore) contrite crouch. Total KJV Occurrences: 5 • broken, 3 Psalm 38:8; Psalm 44:19; Psalm 51:8 • contrite, 1 Psalm 51:17 • croucheth, 1 Psalm 10:10