King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7533
Transliteration: ratsats
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-tsats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to crush
Meaning: to crack in pieces
Word Summary
ratsats: to crush
Original Word: רָצַץTransliteration: ratsats
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-tsats')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to crush
Meaning: to crack in pieces
Strong's Concordance
break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together A primitive root; to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively -- break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7533. ratsats
[רָצַץ] verb crush (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bruise, bray, crush; Aramaic רְעַ, crush, shatter); —
Qal Perfect2masculine singular suffix רַצּוֺתָנוּ 1 Samuel 12:4; 1singular רַצּוֺתִי 12:3; Imperfect3masculine singular יָּרוּץ (Ges§ 67q) Isaiah 42:4 (Babylonian Manuscript יֵרוֺץ, Niph`al, so SS here and Ecclesiastes 12:6a), 3feminine singular תָּרוּץ 12:6a, 1singular אָרֻץ Psalm 18:30 = אָרוּץ 2 Samuel 22:30 (see below); Participle active feminine plural רֹצְצוֺת Amos 4:1; passive רָצוּץ Isaiah 42:3 +, construct רְצוּץ Hosea 5:11; plural רְצוּצִים Isaiah 58:6; — crush: 1 literal,
a. passive participle in (הָ)רָצוּץ (הַ)קָּנֶה 2 Kings 18:21 = Isaiah 36:6; 42:3 (all metaphor of weak person).
b. imperfect intransitive get crushed (read תֵּרוֺץ?), of bowl Ecclesiastes 12:6a (in metaphor).
2 figurative crush, oppress, accusative of person 1 Samuel 12:3-4, Amos 4:1; passive participle Deuteronomy 28:33, as substantive the oppressed Isaiah 58:6; מִשְׁמָּט רְצוּץ Hosea 5:11 (We Now רֹצֵץ, i.e. perverting judgment, but dubious); intransitive get crushed (read יֵרוֺץ?), of servant of ׳י, under figure of wick, Isaiah 42:4 (+ יִכְהֶה) he shall not grow dim or be crushed out.
Niph`al be crushed, broken: Perfect3masculine singular consecutive נְרֹץ (Ges§ 67t) Ecclesiastes 12:6b (of wheel at cistern); Imperfect2masculine singular תֵּרוֺץ Ezekiel 29:7 (of Pharaoh as reed, compare Qal 1 a); Job 20:10 read perhaps יֵרֹצּוּ (for יְרַצּוּ, see רצה Pi`el), are crushed (as) poor men, Bu, compare Hoffm SS Gerber. — Isaiah 42:2; Ecclesiastes 12:6 a see
Qal. Pi`el crush in pieces:
1 literal (in metaphor) Perfect2masculine singular רִצַּצְתָּ Psalm 74:14 with accusative of thing.
2 figurative = grievously oppress, 3 masculine singular רִצַּץ Job 20:19; Imperfect3masculine singular הָעָם מִן וַיְרַצֵּץ2 Chronicles 16:10.
Po`el Imperfect3masculine plural וַיְרֹצְצוּ Judges 10:8, accusative of person (= Pi`el 2; "" רעץ; רצץ here perhaps doublet, so GFMHpt, compare Bu Now).
Hiph`il Imperfect3feminine singular וַתָּ֫רִץ (Köi. 352; BaZMG xliii (1889), 181 thinks
Qal) Judges 9:53 she crushed his skull.
Hithpo`el reciprocal, Imperfect3masculine plural בְּקִרְבָּהּ הַבָּנִים וִיִּתְרֹצְצוּ Genesis 25:22 (J) the children crushed (thurst, struck) one another within her.