וַ/יַּךְ֙

𐤅/𐤉𐤊

vayakhe

and struck

a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.

H5221

2 Kings 19:35 · Word #7

Lexicon H5221

Lemmaנָכָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤍𐤊𐤄
Transliterationnâkâh
Strong'sH5221
In-contextand struck

Morphology HC/Vhw3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan h — Hiphil — Causative active
Conjugation w — Sequential Imperfect — Imperfect with waw-consecutive, narrating past events
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H5221-78

and he struck down

Morphological NotesVerb; Hiphil stem; waw-consecutive (vav conversive) converting imperfect to past narrative; 3rd person masculine singular. The Hiphil of נכה commonly functions as an active/causative "to strike, smite, strike down."
Rendering RationaleThe root נכה conveys the act of striking or smiting, often with harmful or lethal effect. The form is Hiphil waw-consecutive 3rd masculine singular, indicating a completed past action by a male subject in narrative sequence, hence "and he struck down," preserving both the causative nuance of Hiphil and the masculine singular subject.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root נכה (striking, smiting, beating, wounding, inflicting blows, causing injury or death)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5221-01 akeh I will strike down
H5221-02 akekah shall I strike you down?
H5221-03 akenu I will strike him down

Word Usage (502 occurrences of H5221)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 4:15 הַכּוֹת hakot strike
Genesis 8:21 לְ/הַכּ֥וֹת lehakot to strike/destroy
Genesis 14:5 וַ/יַּכּ֤וּ vayaku and defeated