Joshua 20:5:11Josh.20.5.W11TAB

הִכָּ֣ה

hika

he struck

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

Meaning by language

English
he struck

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Result
הִ + כָּ֣ה
hi + ka
hika

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-KA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hi-KA et-re-E-hu

  3. clause

    KI biv-LI-DA-at hi-KA et-re-E-hu ve-LO-so-NE HU LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM

  4. sentence

    ve-KHI yir-DOF go-EL ha-DAM a-kha-RAV ve-LO-yas-GI-ru et-ha-ro-TSE-akh be-ya-DO KI biv-LI-DA-at hi-KA et-re-E-hu ve-LO-so-NE HU LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM

In contextJoshua 20:5

If the avenger of blood pursues him, the elders must not hand over the slayer into his hands, because he struck his neighbor without knowledge and had not hated him previously.

About this coordinate

Joshua 20:5:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Joshua 20:5, so the Hebrew word הִכָּ֣ה (hika) 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.20.5.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.5.W11.S1) and character.