Numbers 22:32:6Num.22.32.W6TAB

הִכִּ֙יתָ֙

hikita

have you struck

Transliteration
hi-KI-ta
Extended
hih-KEE-tah
IPA
/hiˈkiːta/

Meaning by language

English
have you struck

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Result
הִ + כִּ֙י + תָ֙
hi + ki + ta
hikita

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Tavt as in top
Qametslong 'ah'

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-KI-ta

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER e-LAV mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-MAH hi-KI-ta et-a-to-NKHA ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER e-LAV mal-AKH Ye-ho-VAH al-MAH hi-KI-ta et-a-to-NKHA ze sha-LOSH re-ga-LIM hi-NEH a-no-KHI ya-TSA-ti le-sa-TAN ki-ya-RAT ha-DE-rekh le-neg-DI

Exegesis

The interrogative ʿal-mah {עַל־מָ֗ה | ʿal-māh} ‘why’ introduces the question, followed by the Hifil perfect hikkîtā {הִכִּ֙יתָ֙ | hikkîtā} ‘have you struck’, conveying causative action.

In contextNumbers 22:32

The angel of the LORD said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary because the way has become perverse before me.”

About this coordinate

Numbers 22:32:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 22:32, so the Hebrew word הִכִּ֙יתָ֙ (hikita) 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 Num.22.32.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.22.32.W6.S1) and character.