נֻכָּ֑תָה

𐤍𐤊𐤕𐤄

nukatah

were 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

Exodus 9:31 · Word #3

Lexicon H5221

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

Morphology HVPp3fs All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan P — Pual — Intensive passive
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender f — Feminine — Feminine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H5221-59

she was struck down

Morphological NotesHophal (causative passive) perfect, 3rd feminine singular from נכה. The Hophal stem marks passive voice; the perfect indicates completed action; the feminine singular ending agrees with a feminine singular subject.
Rendering RationaleThe root נכה fundamentally means "to strike" or "to smite." The form נֻכָּתָה is Hophal perfect 3rd feminine singular, indicating a completed passive action—"she was struck." The rendering "she was struck down" preserves the concrete force of the root while clearly reflecting feminine singular subject and passive voice.

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

Words from Root נכה (to strike, smite, beat, wound, afflict, slay)

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