2 Chronicles 28:5:192 Chr.28.5.W19TAB

מַכָּ֥ה

maka

“a blow or a strike”

Transliteration: ma-KA
Extended: mah-KAA
IPA: /makˈkaː/

Meaning by language

English: a blow or a strike

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Result

מַ + כָּ֥ה

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ma + ka

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maka

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
ve-GAM be-YAD-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL nit-TAN va-YAKH-VO ma-KA ge-do-LA
sentence
va-yit-ne-HU ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HAV be-YAD ME-lekh a-RAM va-ya-KU-VO va-yish-BU mi-ME-nu shiv-YA ge-do-LA va-ya-VI-u dar-ma-SEK ve-GAM be-YAD-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL nit-TAN va-YAKH-VO ma-KA ge-do-LA

Exegesis

The conjunction vegam {וְ֠גַם | wə-ɡam} introduces a parallel Nifal clause nittan {נִתָּ֔ן | niṭṭān} ‘he was given’ into the hand of Israel’s king, followed by vayakbo {וַיַּךְ־בּ֖וֹ | wayyakkō bō} ‘and he struck him’ with the noun phrase makah gedolah {מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה | maḵkāh ɡəḏōlāh}. This structure forms a chiastic pattern between Aram and Israel, emphasizing the theological motif of divine judgment enacted through foreign powers.

Root and etymology

נ־כ־ה

“blow, strike”

In context — 2 Chronicles 28:5

And the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram, and they struck him and carried off from him a great captivity , and brought them to Damascus. He was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who struck him with a great blow.

About this coordinate

2 Chronicles 28:5:19 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 19 of 2 Chronicles 28:5, so the Hebrew word מַכָּ֥ה (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 2 Chr.28.5.W19, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.28.5.W19.S1) and character.

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