הִכָּ֣הוּ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הִכָּ֣הוּ

   hi-KA-hu

   struck him
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הִכָּ֣הוּ יוֹאָ֔שׁ

   hi-KA-hu yo-AASH

   Joash struck him
3. clause🔊 שָׁלֹ֤שׁ פְּעָמִים֙ הִכָּ֣הוּ יוֹאָ֔שׁ וַיָּ֖שֶׁב אֶת־עָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM hi-KA-hu yo-AASH va-ya-SHEV et-a-RE yis-ra-EL

   Joash struck him three times recovered cities of Israel
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֜שָׁב יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן־יְהוֹאָחָ֗ז וַיִּקַּ֤ח אֶת־הֶֽעָרִים֙ מִיַּד֙ בֶּן־הֲדַ֣ד בֶּן־חֲזָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר לָקַ֗ח מִיַּ֛ד יְהוֹאָחָ֥ז אָבִ֖יו בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה שָׁלֹ֤שׁ פְּעָמִים֙ הִכָּ֣הוּ יוֹאָ֔שׁ וַיָּ֖שֶׁב אֶת־עָרֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

   va-ya-SHAV ye-ho-AASH ben-ye-ho-a-KHAZ va-yik-KAKH et-he-a-RIM mi-YAD ben-ha-DAHD ben-kha-za-EL a-SHER lah-KAKH mi-YAD ye-ho-a-KHAZ a-VIV ba-mil-kha-MA sha-LOSH pe-a-MIM hi-KA-hu yo-AASH va-ya-SHEV et-a-RE yis-ra-EL

   Jehoash son of Jehoahaz returned took from the hand of Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities which had taken from the hand of Jehoahaz his father in the war Joash struck him three times recovered cities of Israel

Exegesis

The temporal phrase ba-milchamah {בַּמִּלְחָמָה | bammilḥāmāh} establishes the context of war, followed by shalosh peamim hikahu {שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים הִכָּהוּ | šālōš pə‘āmîm hikkāhû}, a numerical expression of threefold victory.

Root and etymology

heh–kaf–heh🔊 ה־כ־הh–k–h

“to strike”

• 🔊 נָכָהnakhahhitExodus 21:13