1 Samuel 19:8:101 Sam.19.8.W10TAB
מַכָּ֣ה
maka
“a blow, a strike”
- Transliteration
- ma-KA
- Extended
- mah-KAA
- IPA
- /makˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a blow, a strike
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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Word in context
- word
ma-KA
- phraseyour reading level
ma-KA ge-do-LA
- clause
va-ye-TSE da-VID va-yil-LA-khem ba-pe-li-sh-TIM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV
- sentence
va-to-SEF ha-mil-kha-MA li-he-YOT va-ye-TSE da-VID va-yil-LA-khem ba-pe-li-sh-TIM va-YAKH ba-HEM ma-KA ge-do-LA va-ya-NU-su mi-pa-NAV
Exegesis
The construct makkah gedolah {מַכָּה גְדוֹלָה | mak-kâ ḡê-dō-lâ} ‘a great blow’ underscores the decisive nature of David’s strike.
Root and etymology
k-k-hkaf–kaf–he
“to strike, beat”
In context — 1 Samuel 19:8
The battle continued again, and David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them a great blow , so they fled from before him.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word מַכָּ֣ה (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.19.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.8.W10.S1) and character.