Grind to a fine powder
To grind or crush until the material turns into dust. Figuratively: complete destruction. Also: to carry out an act to the very end.
("Then he took the calf that they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink it" - Exodus 32:20, the end of the golden calf)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
טָחַן עַד דַּק
Definition (Hebrew)
טָחַן אוֹ גָּרַס עַד שֶׁהַחֹומֶר הָפַךְ לְאָבָק. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הֶרֶס בְּאֹופֶן מֻוחְלָט. אוֹ: עֲשֵׂה אֶת הַמַּעֲשֶׂה עַד תֹּום.
("וַיִּקַּח אֶת הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ וַיִּשְׂרֹף בָּאֵשׁ וַיִּטְחַן עַד אֲשֶׁר דָּק וַיִּזֶר עַל פְּנֵי הַמַּיִם וַיַּשְׁקְ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל"- שְׁמוֹת לֵב כ, סוֹפוֹ שֶׁל עֵגֶל הַזָּהָב)