Strong's Definition
from 1792; crushed (literally powder, or figuratively, contrite)
KJV Usage: contrite, destruction
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
דַּכָּא (dak.ka) — contrite. adj contrite
דַּכָּא (dak.ka) — dust. dust
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · דכא
Impact
crushing = process by which something has been deformed or destroyed by heavy pressure
Insignificant
crushed, humble, contrite literally: crushed: hence: = state of having become humble and remorseful ◄ by having suffered harm and humiliation
Unsafe
crushed literally: crushed; hence: = state in which someone has suffered harm and humiliation, ◄ as if crushed with a heavy object
Dust
dust = fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth; ≈ considered the substance that humans were made from; death is therefore often described as returning to dust
1 DEU 23:2 HALOT and DCH see here a root דַּכָּא II | Lisowsky presents this passage under entry דַּכָּה.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
דַּכָּא adj. contrite (crushed) base
דַּכָּא n.[m.] dust (as pulverized), ψ 90:3 ref