Joshua 13:21:12Josh.13.21.W12TAB
הִכָּ֨ה
hikah
“defeated”
- Transliteration
- hi-KAH
- Extended
- hee-KAA
- IPA
- /hiˈkaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- defeated
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-KAH
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH
- clause
a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN et-e-VI ve-ET-RE-kem ve-ET-TSUR ve-ET-KHUR ve-ET-RE-va ne-si-KHEI si-KHON yo-shvei ha-A-retz
- sentence
ve-KOL a-REI ha-mi-SHOR ve-KOL-mam-le-KHUT si-KHON ME-lekh ha-e-mo-RI a-SHER ma-LAKH be-khesh-BON a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH o-TO ve-ET-ne-si-EI mid-YAN et-e-VI ve-ET-RE-kem ve-ET-TSUR ve-ET-KHUR ve-ET-RE-va ne-si-KHEI si-KHON yo-shvei ha-A-retz
Exegesis
That is followed by the relative clause asher hiqqah moshe oto {אֲשֶׁר הִכָּה מֹשֶׁה אֹתוֹ | ʾǎšer hiqqāh Môšē ʾôtô} highlighting Moses’s agency in the Hiphil perfect.
Root and etymology
n-k-hnun–kaf–heh
“to strike, defeat”
In context — Joshua 13:21
And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck down, and the chiefs of Midian—Evi, Rekem, Zur, Khur, and Reva, princes of Sihon—who were dwelling in the land .
About this coordinate
Joshua 13:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Joshua 13:21, so the Hebrew word הִכָּ֨ה (hikah) 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 Josh.13.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.21.W12.S1) and character.