Numbers 25:14:3Num.25.14.W3TAB
הַמֻּכֶּה
hamukeh
“who was struck”
- Transliteration
- ha-mu-KEH
- Extended
- hah-moo-KEH
- IPA
- /ham.muˈke/
Meaning by language
- English
- who was struck
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-mu-KEH
- sentence
ve-SHEM-ISH yis-ra-EL ha-mu-KEH a-SHER hu-KAH ET-ha-mid-ya-NIT zim-RI ben-sa-LU-a na-SI BEIT-AV la-shim-o-NI
Exegesis
The noun phrase ish yisrael {אִ֨ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל | ʾîš yiśrāʾēl} ‘Israelite man’ functions as the topic, followed by the compound participle hamukkeh {הַמֻּכֶּ֗ה | ha-muk-keh} ‘the struck one’, which foregrounds his victim status.
Root and etymology
Rootnun–kaph–heh
“to strike, smite”
In context — Numbers 25:14
And the name of the Israelite man who was struck with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites.
About this coordinate
Numbers 25:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 25:14, so the Hebrew word הַמֻּכֶּה (hamukeh) 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.25.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.14.W3.S1) and character.