H7567 H7567
beat down, shatter; to crush or impoverish violently
A verb meaning to beat down or shatter. Jeremiah 5:17 warns that the enemy 'will beat down your fortified cities,' demolishing Israel's defenses. Malachi 1:4 uses the Pual: 'we have been beaten down,' expressing Edom's devastation. The Syriac cognate suggests grinding or crushing, fitting the images of military and economic ruin.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A Pō'ēl/Pual verb meaning to beat down, crush, or shatter. Jeremiah 5:17 (Pō'ēl imperfect) warns that the invader 'will beat down' (יְרשֵׁשׁ) Judah's fortified cities—demolishing strongholds and reducing them to rubble. Malachi 1:4 (Pual perfect) has Edom lament, 'We have been shattered' (רֻשַּׁשְׁנוּ), acknowledging their devastation. The Syriac cognate (bruise, grind) supports the sense of pulverizing force. Spanish 'arruinados' (ruined) and 'empobrecer' (impoverish) reflect both physical destruction and economic desolation encoded in the verb. 2×
AR["هُدِمْنَا", "يُفْقِرُ"]·ben["আমরা-ধ্বংস-হয়েছি", "নির্মূল-করবে"]·DE["[ירשש]", "[רששנו]"]·EN["it-shall-impoverish", "we-are-shattered"]·FR["[ירשש]", "arracher"]·heb["ירושש", "רוששנו"]·HI["वह-नाश-करेगा", "हम-तोड़े-गए-हैं"]·ID["dia-akan-menghancurkan", "kami-dihancurkan"]·IT["[ירשש]", "impoverire"]·jav["badhé-ngrisak", "kita-dipun-rusak"]·KO["부수리라", "파괴되었다-우리가"]·PT["Empobrecerá", "Fomos-arruinados"]·RU["Разбиты-мы", "разорит"]·ES["Fuimos-arruinados", "empobrecerá"]·SW["litaangamiza", "tumeharibiwa"]·TR["fakirleştirecek", "yıkıldık"]·urd["تباہ-کرے-گی", "ہم-برباد-ہوئے"]
Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [רָשַׁשׁ] vb. Pōʿēl beat down, shatter (Syriac ܪܰܫ bruise, grind);—Impf. 3 ms. יְרשֵׁשׁ Je 5:17 one shall beat down thy fortified cities. Pu. Pf. 1 pl. רֻשַּׁשְׁנוּ Mal 1:4 we are beaten down.