1 Kings 15:29:31 Kgs.15.29.W3TAB

הִכָּה֙

hika

he struck

Transliteration
hi-KA
Extended
hih-KAA
IPA
/hikˈkaː/

Meaning by language

English
he struck

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִ + כָּה֙
hi + ka
hika

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-KA

  2. clause

    va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI khe-mal-KHO hi-KA et-KOL-BET ya-ra-VA-am lo-hi-she-IR kol-ne-sha-MA le-ya-ra-VA-am ad-hi-shmi-DO ki-dvar Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER di-BER be-YAD-av-DO a-khi-YA ha-shi-lo-NI

Exegesis

The temporal infinitive construct kemalkho {כְמָלְכ֗וֹ | kə-mā-lə-kô} ‘as he reigned’ establishes timing for the Hifil perfect verb hikah {הִכָּה | hiqqāh} ‘he struck down’.

Root and etymology

נ־כ־הn-k-h

to strike, smite

In context1 Kings 15:29

As soon as he began to reign, he struck down all the house of Jeroboam; he left Jeroboam no one who breathed until he had destroyed it according to the word of the LORD spoken by the hand of His servant Ahijah the Shilonite.

About this coordinate

1 Kings 15:29:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 15:29, so the Hebrew word הִכָּה֙ (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 Kgs.15.29.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.15.29.W3.S1) and character.