וַ/יַּ֥ךְ
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.
2 Samuel 21:17 · Word #6
Lexicon H5221
| Lemma | נָכָה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤍𐤊𐤄 |
| Transliteration | nâkâh |
| Strong's | H5221 |
| In-context | and 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 H5221-77
and he struck down
| Root | נכה (n-k-h) |
| Core Meanings | striking, smiting, beating, wounding, inflicting blows, causing injury or death |
| Semantic Range | to strike physically, smite in battle, wound, kill, inflict punishment, deliver blows, strike with disease or plague, defeat decisively |
| Conceptual Significance | נכה is frequently used in narratives of warfare, divine judgment, and deliverance. It can describe both human acts of violence and YHWH’s decisive intervention in judgment or salvation, highlighting the theme of decisive action that brings either justice or deliverance. |
| Morphological Notes | Verb; 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 Rationale | The 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. |
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 |