2 Kings 14:7:12 Kgs.14.7.W1TAB
הוּא־הִכָּ֨ה
huhika
“he struck”
- Transliteration
- HU-HI-ka
- Extended
- HOO-HEE-kah
- IPA
- /huː.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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
HU-HI-ka
- phraseyour reading level
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh
- clause
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA va-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The verse begins with the third person pronoun hu {הוּא | hûʾ} ‘he’, serving as the subject, followed by the Hiphil perfect verb hikkāh {הִכָּה | hikkāh} ‘struck’, which conveys causative force.
Root and etymology
n-k-hnakah
“to strike”
In context — 2 Kings 14:7
He struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—ten thousand—and captured the Sela in battle. He named it Joktheel, to this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 14:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word הוּא־הִכָּ֨ה (huhika) 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 Kgs.14.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.7.W1.S1) and character.