2 Samuel 23:20:152 Sam.23.20.W15TAB
וְהִכָּ֧ה
vehika
“and struck”
- Transliteration
- ve-hi-KA
- Extended
- veh-hih-KAA
- IPA
- /vəhikˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and struck
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ve-hi-KA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hi-KA et-ha-a-ri-YA ha-a-RI
- clause
HU hi-KA ET she-NEI a-ri-EL mo-AV ve-HU ya-RAD ve-hi-KA et-ha-a-ri-YA ha-a-RI be-TOKH ha-BO-ar be-YOM ha-sha-LEG
- sentence
u-ve-na-YA-hu ben-ye-ho-ya-DA ben-ISH-khai kha-YIL rav-pe-a-LIM mik-kav-tse-EL HU hi-KA ET she-NEI a-ri-EL mo-AV ve-HU ya-RAD ve-hi-KA et-ha-a-ri-YA ha-a-RI be-TOKH ha-BO-ar be-YOM ha-sha-LEG
Exegesis
Three sequential verbs—hikkah {הִכָּ֗ה | hikkāh} ‘he struck’, yarad {יָרַ֞ד | yārāḏ} ‘he went down’, and a second hikkah {וְהִכָּ֧ה | wĕhikkāh} ‘and struck’—are each marked by the direct object marker et {אֵ֣ת/אֶת־ | ēṯ/ʾeṯ}, focusing on the objects of his actions.
Root and etymology
נ־כ־ה
“to strike, smite”
In context — 2 Samuel 23:20
And Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a man renowned for valor, performed great deeds in Kabzeel and struck down the two Ariel of Moab, and he also went down and struck the lion in the midst of the pit on a snowy day.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 23:20:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Samuel 23:20, so the Hebrew word וְהִכָּ֧ה (vehika) 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.23.20.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.23.20.W15.S1) and character.