Genesis 19:11:4Gen.19.11.W4PAT

הִכּוּ֙

hiku

they struck

Transliteration
hi-KU
Extended
hih-KOO
IPA
/hik.ˈkuː/

Meaning by language

English
they struck
French
ils frappèrent
Spanish
golpearon
Portuguese
feriram
German
sie schlugen
Russian
они поразили
Arabic-Simplified
ضَرَبُوا
Hindi
उन्होंने मारा
Chinese-Simplified
他们击打了
Korean
그들이 쳤다
Indonesian
mereka memukul
Bengali
তারা আঘাত করল
Tagalog
hinampas nila
Swahili
walipiga
Amharic
መቱ
Yoruba
wọ́n lù
Igbo
ha tiri
Twi
wɔbɔɔ
Ewe
woƒo

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Result
הִ + כּוּ֙
hi + ku
hiku

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    hi-KU

  2. clause

    ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL

  3. sentence

    ve-et-ha-a-na-SHIM a-sher-PE-takh ha-BA-yit hi-KU ba-sa-ne-ve-RIM mi-ka-TON ve-ad-ga-DOL va-yil-U lim-TSO ha-PA-takh

In contextGenesis 19:11

they struck and the men who were at the entrance of the house from small and unto great with the blindness they wearied themselves to find the entrance

About this coordinate

Genesis 19:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 19:11, so the Hebrew word הִכּוּ֙ (hiku) 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 Gen.19.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.11.W4.S1) and character.