רָצַץ

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix רַצּוֺתָנוּ 1 Sam 12,4 1 singular רַצּוֺתִי v1 Sam 12,3 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יָּרוּץ (Ges^{«GKC:67q»§ 67q}) Es 42,4 (Babylonian Manuscript יֵרוֺץ, Niph`al, so SS here and Praed 12,6a), 3 feminine singular תָּרוּץ Praed 12,6a, 1 singular אָרֻץ Sl 18,30 = אָרוּץ 2 Sam 22,30 (see below); Participle active feminine plural רֹצְצוֺת Amos 4,1 passive רָצוּץ Es 42,3 +, construct רְצוּץ Hos 5,11 plural רְצוּצִים Es 58,6 — crush:

1. literal,
\ \ a. passive participle in (הַ)קָּנֶה (הָ)רָצוּץ 2 Kong 18,21 = Es 36,6; Es 42,3 (all metaphor of weak person).
\ \ b. imperfect intransitive get crushed (read תֵּרוֺץ?), of bowl Praed 12,6a (in metaphor).

2. figurative crush, oppress, accusative of person 1 Sam 12,3; 1 Sam 12,4; Amos 4,1 passive participle 5 Mos 28,33, as substantive the oppressed Es 58,6 רְצוּץ מִשְׁפָּט Hos 5,11 (We Now רֹצֵץ, i.e. perverting judgment, but dubious); intransitive get crushed (read יֵרוֺץ?), of servant of ׳י, under figure of wick, Es 42,4 (+ יִכְהֶה) he shall not grow dim or be crushed out. Niph`al be crushed, broken: Perfect 3 masculine singular consecutive נְרֹץ (Ges<sup>«GKC:67t»§ 67t</sup>) Praed 12,6b (of wheel at cistern); Imperfect 2 masculine singular תֵּרוֺץ Ezk 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. — Es 42,2; Praed 12,6 a see Qal. Pi`el crush in pieces:

1. literal (in metaphor) Perfect 2 masculine singular רִצַּצְתָּ Sl 74,14 with accusative of thing.

2. figurative = grievously oppress, 3 masculine singular רִצַּץ Job 20,19 Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיְרַצֵּץ מִן הָעָם 2 Kron 16,10. Po`el Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיְרֹצְצוּ Dom 10,8, accusative of person (= Pi`el 2; || רעץ; רצץ here perhaps doublet, so GFM^Hpt, compare Bu Now). Hiph`il Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתָּ֫רִץ (Kö<sup>i. 352</sup>; Ba<sup>ZMG xliii (1889), 181</sup> thinks Qal) Dom 9,53 she crushed his skull. Hithpo`el reciprocal, Imperfect 3 masculine plural וִיִּתְרֹצְצוּ הַבָּנִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ 1 Mos 25,22 (J) the children crushed (thurst, struck) one another within her.