This verb denotes violent downward action—casting down or trampling. It appears in God's challenge to Job from the whirlwind, asking whether Job can perform God's work of bringing down the wicked. The command to 'tread down' the wicked emphasizes forceful subjugation, as one would trample something underfoot. Arabic cognates relate to demolishing buildings, reinforcing the image of forceful destruction. This single use functions rhetorically: God demonstrates Job's inability to execute justice on the scale required, establishing divine prerogative in moral governance.