2 Samuel 13:30:82 Sam.13.30.W8TAB
הִכָּ֤ה
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 av-sha-LOM
- clause
hi-KA av-sha-LOM et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-no-TAR me-HEM e-KHAD
- sentence
va-ye-HI HE-ma ba-DE-rekh ve-hash-she-mu-A ba-A el-da-VID le-MOR hi-KA av-sha-LOM et-kol-be-NE ha-ME-lekh ve-LO-no-TAR me-HEM e-KHAD
Exegesis
The hiphil perfect hiqqah {הִכָּה | hiqqāh} ‘has struck down’ attributes the causative action to avshalom {אַבְשָׁלוֹם | ʾavšālōm}, with et marking the definite object kol bene hamelech {כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּלֶךְ | kol bənê hameleḵ} ‘all the king’s sons.’
Root and etymology
Rootn-k-h
“to strike”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:30
And it happened, as they were on the way, that the report came to David, saying, “Absalom has struck down all the king’s sons, and not one of them remains.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:30:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 2 Samuel 13:30, so the Hebrew word הִכָּ֤ה (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 2 Sam.13.30.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.30.W8.S1) and character.