Deuteronomy 21:1:15Deut.21.1.W15TAB
הִכָּֽהוּ׃
hikahu
“struck him”
- Transliteration
- hi-ka-HU
- Extended
- hee-kah-HOO
- IPA
- /hi.kaˈhuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- struck him
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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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
hi-ka-HU
- phraseyour reading level
MI hi-ka-HU
- clause
LO no-DA MI hi-ka-HU
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL ba-a-da-MAH a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH no-FEL ba-sa-DEH LO no-DA MI hi-ka-HU
Exegesis
The final clause lo noda {לֹא נוֹדַע | lōʾ nôḏaʿ} ‘it is not known’ with mi hikkahu {מִי הִכָּהוּ | mî hikkāhû} ‘who struck him’ forms an impersonal negation with an interrogative pronoun to highlight the unknown perpetrator. This construction, combining a conditional protasis, relative clause, participial descriptions, and impersonal negation, exemplifies Deuteronomic casuistic legislation.
Root and etymology
Rooth-k-h
“to strike, smite”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:1
If a person is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess , lying fallen in the field, and it is not known who struck him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:1:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Deuteronomy 21:1, so the Hebrew word הִכָּֽהוּ׃ (hikahu) 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 Deut.21.1.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.1.W15.S1) and character.