H7533. ratsats
[רָצַץ] verb crush (Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bruise, bray, crush; Aramaic רְעַ, crush, shatter); —
Qal Perfect2masculine singular suffix רַצּוֺתָנוּ [1Sam 12:4]; [1]singular רַצּוֺתִי [12:3]; Imperfect3masculine singular יָּרוּץ (Ges§ 67q) [Isa 42:4] (Babylonian Manuscript יֵרוֺץ, Niph`al, so SS here and [Eccl 12:6]a), 3feminine singular תָּרוּץ [12:6]a, 1singular אָרֻץ [Psa 18:30] = אָרוּץ [2Sam 22:30] (see below); Participle active feminine plural רֹצְצוֺת [Amos 4:1]; passive רָצוּץ [Isa 42:3] +, construct רְצוּץ [Hosea 5:11]; plural רְצוּצִים [Isa 58:6]; — crush: 1 literal,
a. passive participle in (הָ)רָצוּץ (הַ)קָּנֶה [2Kin 18:21] = [Isa 36:6]; [42:3] (all metaphor of weak person).
b. imperfect intransitive get crushed (read תֵּרוֺץ?), of bowl [Eccl 12:6]a (in metaphor).
2 figurative crush, oppress, accusative of person [1Sam 12:3-4], [Amos 4:1]; passive participle [Deut 28:33], as substantive the oppressed [Isa 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, [Isa 42:4] (+ יִכְהֶה) he shall not grow dim or be crushed out.
Niph`al be crushed, broken: Perfect3masculine singular consecutive נְרֹץ (Ges§ 67t) [Eccl 12:6]b (of wheel at cistern); Imperfect2masculine singular תֵּרוֺץ [Ezek 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. — [Isa 42:2]; [Eccl 12:6] a see
Qal. Pi`el crush in pieces:
1 literal (in metaphor) Perfect2masculine singular רִצַּצְתָּ [Psa 74:14] with accusative of thing.
2 figurative = grievously oppress, 3 masculine singular רִצַּץ [Job 20:19]; Imperfect3masculine singular הָעָם מִן וַיְרַצֵּץ[2Chr 16:10].
Po`el Imperfect3masculine plural וַיְרֹצְצוּ [Judg 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) [Judg 9:53] she crushed his skull.
Hithpo`el reciprocal, Imperfect3masculine plural בְּקִרְבָּהּ הַבָּנִים וִיִּתְרֹצְצוּ [Gen 25:22] (J) the children crushed (thurst, struck) one another within her.