הִכָּ֤ה/וּ

𐤄𐤊𐤄/𐤅

hikahu

struck him

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

Numbers 35:21 · Word #3

Lexicon H5221

Lemmaנָכָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤍𐤊𐤄
Transliterationnâkâh
Strong'sH5221
In-contextstruck him

Morphology HVhp3ms/Sp3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan h — Hiphil — Causative active
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H5221-22

he struck him

Morphological NotesHiphil perfect 3ms of נכה with 3ms pronominal suffix ("him"). The Hiphil stem is the standard active form for this root, expressing the act of striking or causing harm.
Rendering RationaleThe root נכה centers on the act of striking or smiting, often with harmful or lethal force. The form is Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular with a 3rd masculine singular pronominal suffix, indicating "he" (masculine singular subject) "struck" "him" (masculine singular object). The rendering preserves both the force of the root and the precise grammatical relationships.

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

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

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