Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H5221נָכָהna.khah
to smitePart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the LORD, to do that which is evil in My sight? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten with the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to be thy wife, and him thou hast slain with the sword of the children of Ammon.
הִכִּ֣יתָ hi.Ki.ta “you struck down”
And Absalom commanded his servants, saying: 'Mark ye now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine; and when I say unto you: Smite Amnon, then kill him, fear not; have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.'
הַכּ֧וּ ha.Ku “strike down”
And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying: 'Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.'
הִכָּ֤ה hi.Kah “he has struck down”
And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.
וַיַּכּ֧וֹ (יַּכּ֧) i.ya.K “he struck”
And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they said: Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and
מַכֵּ֣ה ma.Keh “[the] [one who] struck down”
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem: 'Arise, and let us flee; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom; make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge
וְהִכָּ֥ה (הִכָּ֥ה) hi.Kah “he will strike”
and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;
וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י (הִכֵּיתִ֥י) hi.kei.Ti “I will strike down”
And Joab said unto the man that told him: 'And, behold, thou sawest it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have had to give thee ten pieces of silver, and a girdle.'
הִכִּית֥וֹ (הִכִּית֥) hi.ki.T “did you strike down”
And ten young men that bore Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him.
וַיַּכּ֥וּ (יַּכּ֥וּ) i.ya.Ku “they struck”
But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand; so he smote him therewith in the groin, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
וַיַּכֵּהוּ֩ (יַּכֵּ) i.ya.ke. “he struck”
And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them--now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children o
לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם (הַכֹּתָ֔) ha.ko.Ta “strike down”
And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gilboa;
הַכּ֧וֹת ha.Kot “struck down”
And Ishbibenob, who was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with new armour, thought to have slain David.
לְהַכּ֥וֹת (הַכּ֥וֹת) ha.Kot “strike down”
But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore unto him, saying: 'Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel.'
וַיַּ֥ךְ (יַּ֥ךְ) i.Yakh “he struck”
And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph, who was of the sons of the giant.
הִכָּ֗ה hi.Kah “he struck down”
And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob; and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth-lehemite slew Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.
וַיַּ֡ךְ (יַּ֡ךְ) i.Yakh “he struck down”
And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ (יַּכֵּ֙) i.ya.Ke. “he struck down”
he stood firm, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand did cleave unto the sword; and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain.
וַיַּ֨ךְ (יַּ֨ךְ) i.Yakh “he struck down”
But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD wrought a great victory.
וַיַּ֖ךְ (יַּ֖ךְ) i.Yakh “he struck down”
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow;
הִכָּ֗ה hi.Kah “he struck down”וְהִכָּ֧ה (הִכָּ֧ה) hi.Kah “he struck down”
and he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man; and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
הִכָּה֩ hi.Kah “he struck down”
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD: 'I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, O LORD, put away, I beseech Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.'
וַיַּ֤ךְ (יַּ֤ךְ) i.Yakh “it struck”
And David spoke unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said: 'Lo, I have sinned, and I have done iniquitously; but these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, be against me, and against my father's house.'
הַמַּכֶּ֣ה (מַּכֶּ֣ה) ma.Keh “was striking down”
For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom--
וַיַּ֥ךְ (יַּ֥ךְ) i.Yakh “he struck down”
for the LORD will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will root up Israel out of this good land, which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the River; because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD.
וְהִכָּ֨ה (הִכָּ֨ה) hi.Kah “he will strike down”