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
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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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-KA
- phraseyour reading level
hi-KA le-FI-KHE-rev
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.