1 Chronicles 20:4:81 Chr.20.4.W8TAB
הִכָּ֞ה
hika
“he struck”
- Transliteration
- hi-KA
- Extended
- hih-KAA
- IPA
- /hikˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he struck
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
hi-KA
- phraseyour reading level
AZ hi-KA
- clause
AZ hi-KA sib-be-KHAI ha-khu-sha-TI et-sip-PAI mi-yi-lid-EI har-fe-a-IM va-yik-ka-NE-u
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI-KHEN va-ta-a-MOD mil-kha-MA be-GE-zer im-pe-lish-TIM AZ hi-KA sib-be-KHAI ha-khu-sha-TI et-sip-PAI mi-yi-lid-EI har-fe-a-IM va-yik-ka-NE-u
Exegesis
The adverb az {אָ֣ז | ʾāz} ‘then’ signals temporal progression into the perfect hikkah {הִכָּ֞ה | hî·ḵāh} ‘struck’.
Root and etymology
נ־כ־ה
“strike”
In context — 1 Chronicles 20:4
And it happened after this, that war arose in Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbekai the Hushathite struck Sippai, from the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 20:4:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 20:4, so the Hebrew word הִכָּ֞ה (hika) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.20.4.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.20.4.W8.S1) and character.