The meaning of “רָצַץ”
Understanding râtsats reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together. - to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively 1) to crus...
רָצַץ
break, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together. - to crack in pieces, literally or figuratively 1) to crush, oppress 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to crush, get crushed, be crushed 1a2) to crush, oppress (fig) 1a3) crushed (participle passive) 1b) (Niphal) to be crushed, be broken 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to crush in pieces 1c2) to grievously oppress (fig) 1d) (Poel) to oppress (fig) 1e) (Hiphil) to crush 1f) (Hithpoel) to crush each other
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 25:22 | “And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.” Word: רָצַץ (râtsats) | |
| Judges 10:8 | “And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.” Word: רָצַץ (râtsats) | |
| 2 Kings 18:21 | “Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.” Word: רָצַץ (râtsats) | |
| Job 20:19 | “Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;” Word: רָצַץ (râtsats) | |
| Ecclesiastes 12:6 | “Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.” Word: רָצַץ (râtsats) |