BDB6455
עָשַׁק verb oppress, wrong, extort ( ᵑ7 עֲשַׁק = Biblical Hebrew, so Old Aramaic עשק; Syriac [untranscribed source text 4130] accuse, slander; Assyrian adjective eš‡u , strong; Arabic [untranscribed source text 4131] roughness, injustice); —
Qal
Perfect
׳
ע
Lev 5:21; Ezek 18:18 2
masculine singular suffix עֲשַׁקְתָּ֫נוּ
1Sam 12:4, etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix יַעַשׁקֻנִי
Ps 119:122
2 masculine singular תַּעֲשֹׁק
Lev 19:13 +,
etc.; Infinitive construct
עֲשֹׁק
Hos 12:8, suffix
עָשְׁקָם
1Chr 16:21;
Ps 105:14
Participle
active
עשֵׁק
Prov 14:31 +,
feminine plural הָעשְׁקוֺת
Amos 4:1, etc.;
passive
עָשׁוּק
Deut 28:29 +,
etc.; —
1.
oppress, wrong (often by extortion, || גָּזַל), with accusative of person
1Sam 12:3;
1Sam 12:4;
Mic 2:2; Lev 5:21;
Lev 19:13
especially the poor and helpless Amos 4:1; Deut 24:14; Jer 7:6; Ezek 22:29; Zech 7:10; Prov 14:31; Prov 22:16
; Prov
28:3;
Eccl 4:1 also with accusative of cognate meaning with verb עשֶׁק (וְ)גָזַל גָּזֵל
׳
ע
Ezek 18:18
practise extortion, Ezek 22:29, take by extortion
Lev 5:23 and
(with accusative of thing) Mal 3:5 absolute Hos 12:8
practise extortion; Job 10:3
deal tyrannically (of God); participle oppressor, extortioner
Jer 21:12
; Ps 72:4
; Eccl 4:1
passive participle as substantive the oppressed
Ps 103:6
; Ps
146:7.
2.
oppress a nation Isa 52:4, compare Ps 105:14 = 1Chr 16:21; Ps 119:122, participle
act. oppressor Ps 119:121, passive participle oppressed
Jer 50:33
, in predict. וְגָזוּל
׳
ע
Deut 28:29
, וְרָצּוּץ
׳
ע
Deut 28:23;
Hos 5:11.
3. dubious are: יַעְשֹׁק נָהָר
Job 40:23
a river oppresses him, i.e. rushes violently upon him (that is, the hippopotamus; Du
יָשֹׁק, from שׁוּק; > Gunk
Bu
יִשְׁקַע
falls, sinks); עָשֻׁק בְּדַם נֶפֶשׁ
Prov 28:17
oppressed (? burdened) with the blood of a person.
Pu`al
Participle feminine הַמְּעֻשָּׁקָה
Isa 23:12
crushed (of conquered Sidon under figure of woman).