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

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Result
הַ + מֻּ + כֶּה
ha + mu + keh
hamukeh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Memm as in mother
Qibbutsshort 'oo' as in food
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-mu-KEH

  2. 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 contextNumbers 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.