1 Kings 16:7:211 Kgs.16.7.W21TAB
אֲשֶׁר־הִכָּ֖ה
asherhihka
“which he struck down”
- Transliteration
- a-sher-hih-KA
- Extended
- ah-shehr-hih-KAA
- IPA
- /ʔăʃɛr.hikˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- which he struck down
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| 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
a-sher-hih-KA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-AL a-sher-hih-KA
- clause
ve-AL a-sher-hih-KA o-TO
- sentence
ve-GAM be-YAD-ye-HU ben-kha-na-NI ha-na-VI de-VAR-ye-ho-VAH ha-YA el-ba-a-SHA ve-EL-BE-to ve-AL kol-ha-ra-A a-sher-a-SA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH le-hakh-i-SO be-ma-a-SE ya-DAV lih-YOT ke-VET ya-rav-AM ve-AL a-sher-hih-KA o-TO
Exegesis
The coordination we-al-asher-hikah-oto {וְעַל אֲשֶׁר־הִכָּ֖ה אֹתֽוֹ | wə-‘al ’ă-šer hî-kkāh ’ō-tô} cites Baasha’s act of striking down the dynasty as an additional basis for judgment. The layered construct chains, relative clauses, and infinitival purposes build a cumulative legal rationale for divine retribution.
Root and etymology
ś-rshin–resh
“prince, chief”
In context — 1 Kings 16:7
And also by the hand of Jehu son of Hanani the prophet, the word of the LORD came against Baasha and his house for all the evil that he had done in the eyes of the LORD in provoking Him with the work of his hands, in becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it down.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:7:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 1 Kings 16:7, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־הִכָּ֖ה (asherhihka) 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.16.7.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.7.W21.S1) and character.