1 Kings 16:11:51 Kgs.16.11.W5TAB
הִכָּה֙
hika
“he struck down”
- Transliteration
- hi-KA
- Extended
- hih-KAA
- IPA
- /hikˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he struck down
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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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-KA
- clause
va-ye-HI ve-mal-KHO ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O hi-KA et-KOL-BET ba-SHA lo-hi-she-IR LO mash-TIN be-KIR
- sentence
va-ye-HI ve-mal-KHO ke-shiv-TO al-KIS-O hi-KA et-KOL-BET ba-SHA lo-hi-she-IR LO mash-TIN be-KIR ve-go-a-LAV ve-re-E-HU
Exegesis
The verb hikkāh {הִכָּה֙ | hiqqāh} ‘he struck’ with ʾet selects kol-bēt {כָּל־בֵּ֣ית | kol-bēt} ‘all the house’ as its object.
Root and etymology
n-k-hnun–kaph–he
“to strike”
In context — 1 Kings 16:11
And it happened, when he began to reign and sat upon his throne, that he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave for him one who urinates against a wall nor any of his kinsmen or his friends .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:11:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:11, 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.16.11.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.11.W5.S1) and character.