1 Samuel 14:30:151 Sam.14.30.W15TAB
מַכָּ֖ה
maka
“the blow”
- Transliteration
- ma-KA
- Extended
- mah-KAA
- IPA
- /makˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the blow
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ma-KA
- phraseyour reading level
lo-RA-ve-ta ma-KA
- clause
KI a-TA lo-RA-ve-ta ma-KA ba-pe-lish-TIM
- sentence
AF KI LU a-KHOL a-KHAL ha-YOM ha-AM mish-le-LAL o-ye-VAV a-SHER ma-TSA KI a-TA lo-RA-ve-ta ma-KA ba-pe-lish-TIM
Root and etymology
נ-כ-ה
“strike”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:30
Indeed, if only the people had eaten today from the plunder of their enemies that they had found, then the slaughter of the Philistines would not have been so small and would have been much greater.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:30:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Samuel 14:30, so the Hebrew word מַכָּ֖ה (maka) 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 Sam.14.30.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.30.W15.S1) and character.