Exodus 12:29:5Exod.12.29.W5PAT

הִכָּ֣ה

hikah

struck

Transliteration
hi-KAH
Extended
hih-KAA
IPA
/hik.ˈkaː/

Meaning by language

English
struck
French
frappa
Spanish
hirió
Portuguese
feriu
German
schlug
Russian
поразил
Arabic-Simplified
ضَرَبَ
Hindi
मारा
Chinese-Simplified
击打了
Korean
치셨다
Indonesian
memukul
Bengali
আঘাত করলেন
Tagalog
sinaktan
Swahili
akapiga
Amharic
መታ
Yoruba
lu
Igbo
tiri
Twi
bɔe
Ewe
ƒo

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Result
הִ + כָּ֣ה
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

    hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-ho-VAH hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-OH ha-yo-SHEV al-KIS-o AD be-KHOR ha-she-VI a-SHER be-VEIT ha-BOR

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-ho-VAH hi-KAH khol-be-KHOR be-E-rets mits-RA-yim mib-be-KHOR par-OH ha-yo-SHEV al-KIS-o AD be-KHOR ha-she-VI a-SHER be-VEIT ha-BOR ve-KHOL be-KHOR be-he-MAH

In contextExodus 12:29

and it happened at the middle of the night and the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt from the firstborn of Pharaoh the one sitting on his throne as far as the firstborn of the captive who in the house of the pit and every firstborn of livestock

About this coordinate

Exodus 12:29:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Exodus 12:29, so the Hebrew word הִכָּ֣ה (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 Exod.12.29.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.12.29.W5.S1) and character.