Genesis 19:11:4Gen.19.11.W4TAB
הִכּוּ֙
hiku
“they struck”
- Transliteration
- hi-KU
- Extended
- hih-KOO
- IPA
- /hik.ˈkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hi-KU
- clause
ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL
- sentence
ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL va-yil-U lim-TSO ha-PA-takh
Exegesis
The verse begins with the direct object marker ve’et {וְאֶת־ | wə-ʾeṯ} ‘and direct object marker’, which together with ha’anashim {הָאֲנָשִׁים | hā-ʾă-nā-šîm} ‘the men’ serves as the object of the Hiphil perfect verb hiku {הִכּוּ | hik-kû} ‘they struck’.
In context — Genesis 19:11
And they struck the men at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the least to the greatest, so that they wore themselves out trying to find the entrance .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:11, so the Hebrew word הִכּוּ֙ (hiku) 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 Gen.19.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.11.W4.S1) and character.