רָצַץ

Genesis 25:22 וַיִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּ and they struggled together

But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,

Deuteronomy 28:33 וְרָצ֖וּץ and crushed

A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

Here: "And crushed": something cracked or broken, like a crushed reed or a smashed skull. It is the physical side of the exploitation: broken down, without strength to resist.

Judges 9:53 וַתָּ֖רִץ and it crushed

But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.

Judges 10:8 וַיְרֹֽצְצוּ֙ and they crushed

who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

1 Samuel 12:3 רַצּ֔וֹתִי have I crushed

Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

Here: 'Have I crushed': a physical image (a cracked reed, a smashed skull) used for grinding down the vulnerable. Paired with the previous verb as a fixed formula for abusing the weak (Deut 28:33; Amos 4:1).

1 Samuel 12:4 רַצּוֹתָ֑נוּ you have crushed us

“You have not cheated us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”

2 Kings 18:21 הָרָצ֤וּץ <the> crushed

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

2 Chronicles 16:10 וַיְרַצֵּ֥ץ and he crushed

Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.

Here: 'And he crushed.' This form of the verb is the intensive one, used of shattering heads (Ps 74:14) and of crushing the poor (Job 20:19). It means brutal, physical suppression, not just unfair policy.

Job 20:19 רִ֭צַּץ he has crushed

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

Here: An intensive verb form: he smashed, ground down. The basic picture is breaking something into pieces, such as a skull (Judg 9:53) or a reed (Isa 42:3). Here it means crushing people by economic and social force.

Psalm 74:14 רִ֭צַּצְתָּ you crushed

You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You fed him to the creatures of the desert.

Here: An intensive verb form of 'crush': not just 'struck' but 'smashed to pieces', as a skull or a reed is crushed. The perfect form looks back on a finished, decisive act.

Ecclesiastes 12:6 וְתָרֻ֖ץ וְנָרֹ֥ץ so it may be crushed, and it will be crushed

Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,

Isaiah 36:6 הָרָצ֤וּץ <the> crushed

Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

Here: A passive form, 'the one that has been crushed'. The reed is already cracked before anyone leans on it. It looks whole enough to use but will split under weight.

Isaiah 42:3 רָצוּץ֙ crushed

A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

Here: A passive form: 'already crushed', a reed that is cracked or split and has lost its strength. The same verb is Hebrew's ordinary word for oppressing the poor (Deut 28:33; Amos 4:1; Isa 58:6, 'set the crushed free'), so the image would also call oppressed people to mind.

Isaiah 42:4 יָר֔וּץ he will be crushed

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

Here: 'Nor be crushed.' It picks up the 'crushed (rātsûts) reed' of v.3. He does not snap the cracked reed, and nothing will snap him. The vowels could also be read as 'run' (rûts), but the wordplay with v.3 strongly favours 'crushed'.

Isaiah 58:6 רְצוּצִים֙ crushed [people]

Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

Here: 'Crushed ones': people broken down by exploitation. The verb is used for economic abuse of the weak (1 Sam 12:3–4; Amos 4:1; Deut 28:33).

Ezekiel 29:7 תֵּר֔וֹץ you were crushed

When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

Hosea 5:11 רְצ֣וּץ [is] crushed of

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

Amos 4:1 הָרֹצְצ֖וֹת who crush

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

Here: "The ones (feminine) who keep crushing." It is a physical verb for breaking something by pressure. With *ʿashaq* (extort) it forms a fixed pair for exploitation that grinds people down (1 Sam 12:3–4; Hos 5:11).