Joshua 13:21:12Josh.13.21.W12TAB

הִכָּ֨ה

hikah

defeated

Transliteration
hi-KAH
Extended
hee-KAA
IPA
/hiˈkaː/

Meaning by language

English
defeated

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Result
הִ + כָּ֨ה
hi + kah
hikah

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-KAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-SHER hi-KAH mo-SHEH

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextJoshua 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.