Original Word: דּוּשׁ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: dush or dish
Pronunciation: doosh
Phonetic Spelling: (doosh)
Definition: To thresh
Meaning: to trample, thresh

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G248 (aléo): To thresh, to tread out grain

- G3039 (loúo): To wash, often used metaphorically for cleansing or purification, similar to the refining aspect of threshing

Usage: The Hebrew verb "dush" primarily means "to thresh," which refers to the agricultural process of separating grain from the husks or straw. This action is typically performed by beating or trampling the harvested crop. In the biblical context, "dush" is often used metaphorically to describe acts of judgment or oppression, as well as the process of refinement and purification.

Cultural and Historical Background: Threshing was a crucial part of ancient Near Eastern agriculture. It involved spreading the harvested stalks on a threshing floor and using animals or tools to separate the edible grain from the chaff. This process was essential for food production and was a common sight in agrarian societies. Threshing floors were often communal spaces and held significant social and economic importance. The imagery of threshing is frequently used in the Bible to convey themes of judgment, separation, and purification.

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to tread, thresh
NASB Translation
continue to thresh (1), thrash (1), thresh (3), threshed (2), threshing (4), trample (1), trampled (1), trodden down (2).

דּוּשׁ, דּישׁ verb tread, thresh (Arabic , Assyrian dâšu, Imperfect 1 singular adîš Dl^{Pr 191} COT^Gloss Hom^{NS 391}; compare Late Hebrew דּוּשׁ, Aramaic id., ; see further Nö^{ZMG 1883, 538}) —

Qal Perfect דָּשׁ 1 Chronicles 21:20, וְדַשְׁתִּ֫י Judges 8:7; Imperfect וַיָּדָשׁ so read for וַיֹּדַע Judges 8:16 compare Be Door Bu Vrss; 2 masculine singular תָּדוּשׁ Isaiah 41:15; Habakkuk 3:12; 3masculine singular suffix יְדוּשֶׁ֑נּוּ Isaiah 28:28; 3feminine singular suffix תְּדוּשֶׁ֑הָ Job 39:15; Imperative feminine singular דּוֺשִׁי Micah 4:13; Infinitive construct לָדֻשׁ 2 Kings 13:7, לָדוּשׁ Hosea 10:11, suffix דּוּשָׁם Amos 1:13; דִּישׁוֺ Deuteronomy 25:4; absolute אָדוֺשׁ Isaiah 28:28 as if from אדשׁ compare Kö^{i. 444}; yet ארשׁ nowhere else & form very possibly textual error, compare Ol^{§ 245 k}; Participle feminine דָּשָׁא Jeremiah 50:11; — tread on, trample on, with accusative Job 39:15 (beast on eggs, "" זוּר); thresh, literal with accusative חִטִּים 1 Chronicles 21:20; Jeremiah 50:11, לֶחֶם (i.e. its material) Isaiah 28:28 (in simile); absolute 2 Kings 13:7 (in simile); Hosea 10:11 (metaphor of Ephraim as heifer); tread or thresh Judges 8:7 with (אֶת = together with, compare Stu; Ew^{§ 234 e takes as accusative, & verb as abbrev Hiph`il}.) thorns, קוֺצִים and בַּרְקָנִים q. v.; and also in Judges 8:16 (read וידשׁ compare above) followed by בָּהֶם, with them, reference to קוצים and ברקנים; figurative devastation of land Amos 1:3 (Gilead), destruction of peoples Habakkuk 3:12 (גוים); especially Micah 4:13 (absolute), where full metaphor; hyperbole of Israel Isaiah 41:15 with accusative הרים. —

Niph`al be trampled down, Perfect וְנָדוֺשׁ consecutive Isaiah 25:10 figurative, subject Moab; Infinitive הִדּוּשׁ ib. (simile, subject מתבן straw-heap; on form compare Ol^{§ 193 a} Ba^{NB 156}) —

Hoph`al be threshed, Imperfect יוּדַשׁ Isaiah 28:27 (subject קֶצַח).

break, tear, thresh, tread out down, at grass Jer

Or dowsh {dosh}; or diysh {deesh}; a primitive root; to trample or thresh -- break, tear, thresh, tread out (down), at grass (Jer. 50:11, by mistake for deshe').

see HEBREW deshe'

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