1 Samuel 22:19:41 Sam.22.19.W4TAB

הִכָּ֣ה

hika

he struck

Transliteration
hi-KA
Extended
hih-KAA
IPA
/hikˈkaː/

Meaning by language

English
he struck

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִ + כָּ֣ה
hi + ka
hika

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-KA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hi-KA le-FI-KHE-rev

  3. clause

    ve-ET NOV IR-ha-ko-ha-NIM hi-KA le-FI-KHE-rev me-ISH ve-AD-i-SHA me-o-LEL ve-AD-yo-NEK

  4. sentence

    ve-ET NOV IR-ha-ko-ha-NIM hi-KA le-FI-KHE-rev me-ISH ve-AD-i-SHA me-o-LEL ve-AD-yo-NEK ve-SHOR va-kha-MOR va-SE le-FI-KHA-rev

Exegesis

Hikkāh {הִכָּה | hikkāh}, a Hiphil perfect verb, signals the completed act of striking.

Root and etymology

nun-kaf-henun–kaf–he

to strike

In context1 Samuel 22:19

And he struck down Nob, the city of the priests , by the edge of the sword—from man to woman, from infant to nursing baby —and ox, donkey, and sheep, by the edge of the sword.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 22:19:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 22:19, so the Hebrew word הִכָּ֣ה (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.22.19.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.19.W4.S1) and character.