2 Chronicles 13:17:52 Chr.13.17.W5TAB
מַכָּ֣ה
makka
“a blow”
- Transliteration
- mak-KA
- Extended
- mahk-KAA
- IPA
- /makˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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
mak-KA
- phraseyour reading level
mak-KA rab-BA
- clause
mak-KA rab-BA va-yip-LU kha-la-LIM mi-yis-ra-EL kha-MESH-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR
- sentence
va-yik-KU va-HEM a-vi-YA ve-am-MO mak-KA rab-BA va-yip-LU kha-la-LIM mi-yis-ra-EL kha-MESH-me-OT E-lef ISH ba-KHUR
Exegesis
The noun phrase makkah rabbah {מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֑ה | makkâh rabbâh} intensifies the outcome by portraying the strike as a severe, battle-deciding blow.
Root and etymology
n-k-hnun–kaf–heh
“to strike”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:17
And Abijah and his people struck them with a great blow , and 500,000 young men from Israel fell slain.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 13:17, so the Hebrew word מַכָּ֣ה (makka) 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 2 Chr.13.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.17.W5.S1) and character.