לְ/הַכּ֥וֹת

𐤋/𐤄𐤊𐤅𐤕

lehakot

to strike/destroy

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

Genesis 8:21 · Word #27

Lexicon H5221

Lemmaנָכָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤍𐤊𐤄
Transliterationnâkâh
Strong'sH5221
In-contextto strike/destroy

Morphology HR/Vhc All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan h — Hiphil — Causative active
Conjugation c — Infinitive Construct — The verbal noun ("to ...")

SIBI-P1 H5221-41

to strike down

Rootנכה (n-k-h)
Core Meaningsstriking, smiting, inflicting blows, wounding, killing
Semantic Rangeto strike, smite, beat, wound, slay, defeat, afflict, punish; of physical blows, military defeat, divine judgment, or severe affliction
Conceptual Significanceנכה frequently describes acts of judgment—whether human warfare or divine intervention. It underscores the reality of decisive action, often by YHWH, in bringing judgment, deliverance, or correction through the striking down of enemies or the affliction of individuals or nations.
Morphological NotesHiphil infinitive construct of נכה with prefixed לְ preposition (“to”). The Hiphil is the standard productive stem for this root in Biblical Hebrew, functioning with active/causative force.
Rendering RationaleThe form לְהַכּוֹת is a Hiphil infinitive construct with prefixed לְ (“to”), expressing purpose or result. The Hiphil stem carries a causative force; with נכה it conveys actively causing a blow or defeat. "To strike down" preserves both the causative sense and the often severe result implied by the root.

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

Words from Root נכה (striking, smiting, inflicting blows, wounding, killing)

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
H5221-04 behakoti when I strike down
H5221-05 haakeh shall I strike down?
H5221-06 hakeh Strike!
H5221-07 hakeyni Strike me!
H5221-08 hakhe Strike!
H5221-09 hakot the striking
H5221-10 hakotekha the smiting of you
H5221-11 hakoti my causing-to-strike
H5221-12 hakoto his striking-down
H5221-13 haku Strike down, you men!
H5221-14 hakuhu Strike him, you men!
H5221-15 hakum Strike them down, you men
H4347-01 hamakah the smiting-blow
H5221-16 hamakeh the smiter
H5221-17 hamakehu the smiter of him
H5221-18 hamakim the smiters
H5221-19 hamukah the struck woman
H5221-20 hamukeh the struck-down one
H5221-21 hikah he struck down
H5221-22 hikahu he struck him
H5221-23 hikam he struck them down
H5221-24 hikeyti I struck
H5221-25 hikita you (masculine) struck down
H5221-26 hikitah you have struck down
H5221-27 hikitani you have struck me
H5221-28 hikitanu you have struck us down
H5221-29 hikitem you men struck
H5221-30 hikitikhe I have struck you (f.)
H5221-31 hikito you struck him down
H5221-32 hiku they struck down
H5221-33 hikuhu they struck him down
H5221-34 hikum they struck them down
H5221-35 hikuni they have smitten me
H5221-36 hukah he was struck
H5221-37 huketah she was struck
H5221-38 hukeyti I was struck down
H5221-39 huku they were struck down
H5221-40 kehakotam as the striking-down of them
H5221-42 lehakotah to smite her
H5221-43 lehakotam to strike them
H5221-44 lehakotekha to strike you (masculine singular)
H5221-45 lehakoto to strike him
H5221-46 lemakeh to a smiter
H5221-47 lemakehu to the one striking him
H5221-48 lemakim to the striking men
H4347-02 makah a smiting-blow
H4347-03 makat blow-of
H5221-49 makeh the striker
H5221-50 makehu the one smiting him
H5221-51 makekhe the one striking you (feminine singular)
H4347-04 makot strikings
H4347-05 makoteha her strike-wounds
H5221-52 mehakot from the striking-down
H5221-53 mehakoto from his striking-down
H5221-54 mukeh stricken one of
H5221-55 mukey stricken ones of
H5221-56 mukim the struck-down ones
H5221-57 nakeh we will strike down
H5221-58 nakenu let us strike him down
H5218-01 nekheah stricken (feminine singular)
H6549-01 nekhoh Pharaoh-Nekoh
H5221-59 nukatah she was struck down
H5221-60 nuku they were struck down
H5221-61 shehikah he struck
H5221-62 takeh you will strike down
H5221-63 takenu you will strike him down
H5221-64 tuku they were struck down / strike! (you, masculine plural)
H5221-65 ulehakot and to strike down
H5221-66 umakeh and the striker-of
H5221-67 vaakeh and I struck
H5221-68 vaakhe and I struck
H5221-69 vanakehu and we struck him down
H5221-70 vanakem and we struck them
H5221-71 vanakhe and we struck down
H5221-72 vatakhe and she struck / and he struck
H5221-73 vayakeh and he struck down
H5221-74 vayakeha and he struck her
H5221-75 vayakehu and he struck him
H5221-76 vayakem and he struck them
H5221-77 vayakhe and he struck down
H5221-78 vayako and he smote him
H5221-79 vayaku and they struck
H5221-80 vayakuha and they smote her
H5221-81 vayakuhu and they struck him down
H5221-82 vayakum and they struck them
H5221-83 vayuku and they were struck down
H5221-84 veakeh and I will strike down
H5221-85 veakehu and I struck him
H5221-86 vehakhe and strike down!
H5221-87 vehakot and to cause-to-strike
H5221-88 vehaku and you (masculine plural) cause-to-strike!
H5221-89 vehikah and he struck down
H5221-90 vehikahu and he struck him
H5221-91 vehikam and he struck them down
H5221-92 vehikani and he struck me
H5221-93 vehikekha and he struck you
H5221-94 vehikeyti and I will strike down
H5221-95 vehikita and you shall strike down
H5221-96 vehikitah and you shall strike
H5221-97 vehikitam and you struck them down
H5221-98 vehikitem and you men struck down
H5221-99 vehikitikha and I will smite you
H5221-100 vehikitiv and I struck him
H5221-101 vehiku and they struck down
H5221-102 vehikuni and they struck me
H5221-103 vehukah and he was struck
H5221-104 venakeh and we will strike down
H5221-105 venakehu and let us strike him
H5221-106 venikah and he was struck down
H5221-107 veyakhe and he will strike
H5221-108 veyaku and they will strike
H5221-109 yakeh he will strike
H5221-110 yakekah he will strike you down
H5221-111 yakekhah he will strike you
H5221-112 yakem he will strike them
H5221-113 yakenu he will strike him down
H5221-114 yakhe he strikes down
H5221-115 yaku they strike down
H5221-116 yakuhu they will strike him down
H5221-117 yakukha they will strike you
H5221-118 ykh he caused to strike 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
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