1 Samuel 18:7:51 Sam.18.7.W5TAB
הִכָּ֤ה
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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Word in context
- word
hi-KA
- phraseyour reading level
hi-KA sha-UL
- clause
hi-KA sha-UL ve-al-FO ba-a-la-FAV ve-da-VID be-riv-vo-TAV
- sentence
va-ta-a-ne-NA ha-na-SHIM ha-me-sa-kha-KOT va-to-MAR-na hi-KA sha-UL ve-al-FO ba-a-la-FAV ve-da-VID be-riv-vo-TAV
Exegesis
The Hiphil perfect hikkah {הִכָּה | hikkāh} ‘he struck’ and the prepositional phrases bealafav {בַּאֲלָפָיו | baʾălāpāyv} ‘in his thousands’ and berivvotav {בְּרִבְבֹתָיו | bəriḇbōṯāv} ‘in his ten-thousands’ form a parallelism contrasting Saul’s and David’s military achievements. English word order is adjusted for clarity while preserving the poetic balance and highlighting David’s superior feat.
In context — 1 Samuel 18:7
And the women who played answered and said, “Saul has struck down his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 18:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 18:7, so the Hebrew word הִכָּ֤ה (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 Sam.18.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.18.7.W5.S1) and character.