Exodus 21:18:3Exod.21.18.W3TAB
וְהִכָּה־אִישׁ֙
vehikkaeesh
“a man strikes”
- Transliteration
- ve-hik-ka-EESH
- Extended
- veh-hik-kah-EESH
- IPA
- /wə.hik.kaːˈʔiːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man strikes
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-hik-ka-EESH
- clause
ve-khee-ye-ree-VUN a-na-SHIM ve-hik-ka-EESH et-re-E-hu be-E-ven OH ve-eg-ROF
- sentence
ve-khee-ye-ree-VUN a-na-SHIM ve-hik-ka-EESH et-re-E-hu be-E-ven OH ve-eg-ROF ve-LO ya-MUT ve-na-FAL le-mish-KAV
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive vehikka {וְהִכָּה | wə-ḥik-kā} ‘and strikes’ (hifil perfect) leads into the verb phrase with the particle et {אֶת | ʾet} marking re’eihu {רֵעֵהוּ | re-ʿê-hû} ‘his companion’ as the direct object.
Root and etymology
א־י־ש
“man, person”
In context — Exodus 21:18
And if men quarrel , and a man strikes his companion with a stone or with a fist, and he does not die but falls to bed .
About this coordinate
Exodus 21:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 21:18, so the Hebrew word וְהִכָּה־אִישׁ֙ (vehikkaeesh) 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 Exod.21.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.21.18.W3.S1) and character.