BDB5192
[נָכָה]501 verb smite (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew Hiph`il id.; Perfect 3 plural הכו SI4 , Infinitive [ת]להכ ib. 2; Syriac [untranscribed source text 3304], laesit, nocuit, repugnavit; Aph`el laesit, vulneravit ; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3305] laesit, nocuit; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 3306] be defeated, [untranscribed source text 3307] the inflicting of injury on an enemy Lane3038 ); —
Niph`al
Perfect
וְנִכָּה וָמֵת consecutive 2Sam 11:15
and he shall be smitten [struck by weapon in battle] and die.
Pu`al
Perfect 3 feminine singular נֻכָּ֑תָה
Exod 9:31 3
plural נֻכּוּ Exod 9:32 (
J
), both be smitten down by the hail.
Hiph`il482
Perfect 3 masculine singular הִכָּה
Exod 9:25
+; suffix וְהִכַּ֫נִי consecutive Gen 32:12, הִכָּם
Jer 5:6 2
masculine singular הִכִּ֫יתָ
Exod 17:5
+; 1 singular הִכֵּיתִי
Judg
15:16 +, וְהִכֵּתִ֫י
Exod 3:20
+; 3 plural הִכּוּ
Gen 19:11
+; 2 masculine plural הִכִּיתֶם
Jer
37:10 + 3 t. consecutive; etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַכֶּה
Exod
21:20 +, יַךְ
Hos 6:1
(but read וַיַּךְ
We
Now
GASm); וְיַח
Hos 14:6
(see below); וַיַּכֶּה
Josh
10:40 +, usually וַיַּךְ
Exod 2:12
+; suffix 2 masculine singular יַכֶּ֫כָּה
Jer
40:15 + 2 t., 3 masculine singular וַיַּכּוֺ
2Sam 14:6
(but read וַיַּךְ
ᵐ5
.
ᵑ6
ᵑ9
Th
We
Dr
Klo
Kit
Bu
HPS), יַכֶּ֫נּוּ
1Sam
17:25 + 2 t.; usually וַיַּכֵּ֫הוּ
Num 21:24
+; 3 feminine singular וַתַּךְ
Jonah 4:7
; Jonah
4:8 2 masculine singular תַּכֶּה
Exod 2:13
+; suffix 3 masculine singular תַּכֶּ֫נּוּ
Prov
23:13;
Prov 23:14 1 singular אַכֶּה
1Sam
18:11 +; וָאַכֶּה
Neh
13:25, וָאַךְ
Exod 9:15
3 masculine plural יַכוּ
Mic 4:14
usually וַיַּכּוּ
Gen 14:5
+ (1Sam 4:2
read probably
Hoph`al q. v.); 1 plural נַכֶּהֿ
Num 22:6
וַנַךְ
Deut 2:33
, etc.; Imperative
הַכֵּה
Ezek
6:11, הַךְ
Amos 9:1
+; masculine plural הַכּוּ
2Sam 13:28, etc.; Infinitive absolute
הַכֵּה
Deut 3:16
+, הַכּוֺת
2Kgs
3:24 (Ges«GKC:75ff»§ 75ff);
cstr. הַכּוֺת
Gen 4:15
+, etc.; Participle
מַכֶּה
Exod 2:11
+; construct מַכֵּה
Exod
21:12 +; plural מַכִּים
1Sam 4:8
+, etc.; —
1.
a. literally, smite (with a single, non-fatal, blow),
strike, followed by accusative, ass Num 22:23; Num 22:25; Num
22:27 (בְּמַקֵּל), Num 22:28 Num 22:32 (all
J
); man Exod 21:15; Exod 21:19 (
E
); cheeks Job 16:10 man (on) cheek (2 accusative) Lam 3:30; Ps 3:8
man עַללְֿחִי
Mic 4:14
(ב instrumental), 1Kgs 22:24 = 2Chr 18:23 eye Exod
21:26 (
E
); שֵׁבֶט מַכֵּךְ
Isa
14:29 (figurative of conqueror); with (בׅ stone or fist Exod
21:18 (
E
), compare (figurative) Isa 58:4 (absolute); smite lion or
bear
1Sam 17:35
strike river (with rod מַטֶּה) 1Sam 7:17 (with
עַל object, + ב instrumental), v
1Sam 7:20
;
Exod 17:5 (
E
; ב instrumental), also (with mantle) 2Kgs 2:8; 2Kgs
2:14 (twice in verse), compare ׳
י
smiting Euphrates into (לׅ seven streams Isa
11:15 dust Exod 8:12; Exod 8:13 (
P
); rock
Exod 17:6 (
E
),
Num 20:11 (
P
; ב instrumental), Ps 78:20 figurative smite
earth בְּשֵׁבֶט פִּיו
Isa 11:4
(of future Davidic king); strike on ground (אַ֫רְצָה;
with arrows) 2Kgs 13:18, also (absolute) 2Kgs 13:18 2Kgs
13:19
strike weapons out of (מִן) hands, Ezek 39:3 (
׳
י; figurative of making powerless); lintel of door Amos 9:1 barley-loaf
strikes tent Judg 7:13 (in dream); in figure of regret, remorse
וַיַּךְ לֵב דָּוִד אֹתוֺ
2Sam 24:10
and David's heart smote him, so 1Sam 24:6 (+ עַלאֲֿשֶׁר
because); of goat smiting (butting with horn) the ram, so as to break its
horns Dan
8:7 (in vision); smite = hit with missile,
sling-stone
1Sam 17:49 (with accusative of person + אֶלמִֿצְחוֺ
), compare 2Kgs 3:25 (but text perhaps corrupt, see
Benz); arrow, 1Kgs 22:34 = 2Chr 18:33
(with accusative of person + בֵּין), 2Kgs 9:24 (c. id.
); of piercing, הַכּוֺת
בַּחֲנִית בְּדָוִד וּבַקִּיר
1Sam
19:10
smite with the dart into David and into the wall, pin David to the wall,
בַּקִּיר
׳
וַיַּךְ אֶתהַֿח 1Sam 19:10, compare 1Sam 18:11,
אַכֶּנּוּ בַחֲנִית וּבָאָרֶץ
1Sam 26:8
.
b.
smite repeatedly, beat, a man Exod 2:11; Exod
2:13 (
E
),
Exod 5:16 (
J
),
Neh 13:25 (מִן partitive), compare
Deut 25:11 here probably also 1Kgs 20:35 (twice in verse);
1Kgs 20:37 (twice in verse) (הַכֵּה וּפָצֹעַ
beating and bruising him); of Assyria under figure of taskmaster
Isa 10:24
beat a woman so as to bruise her (פָּצַע) Song 5:7
beat by authority, scourge
Jer
20:2; Jer 37:15; Deut 25:2; Deut 25:3 (with
accusative of person + accusative of cognate meaning with verb מַכָּה רַבָּה),
Deut
25:3 compare כִּן הַכּוֺת Deut 25:2 i.e. worthy
of scourging, bastinado, (compare Dr);
2Chr 25:16; Prov 17:10;
Prov 19:25; Prov 23:13; Prov 23:14 (ב
instrumental); compare גֵּוִי נָחַתִּי לְמַכִּים
Isa
50:6 of hail, beat down herbage etc. Exod 9:25 (twice in
verse) (compare
Pu`al).
c.
וַיַּכּוּ כַף
2Kgs 11:12
and they clapped hands (in applause); elsewhere only Ezek., in
mockery; כַּף אֶלכַּֿף
Ezek 21:19; Ezek 21:22
בְּכַפְּךָ
Ezek 6:11 (|| רְקַּע בְּרַגְלְךָ;
accusative כַּפִּי
Ezek 22:13.
d.
give a thrust (with fork) into (ב) pot 1Sam 2:14
strike roots Hos 14:6 (in figurative, but
וַיֵּלְכוּ
We
Now).
e. rarely
smite (in battle) so as (merely) to wound 1Kgs 8:28
, so (+ accusative of cognate meaning with verb מַכָּה)
1Kgs 8:29; 1Kgs 9:18 = 2Chr 22:6 figurative of
׳
י's wounding Israel Hos 6:1 (opposed to חָבַשׁ
bind up), Jer 30:14 (with accusative of
cognate meaning with verb). compare smite with (ב
) the tongue
Jer 18:18.
f.
smite, of sun, etc., with accusative of person Isa 49:10
; Ps
121:6 with
עַל
Jonah 4:8.
2.
Smite fatally:
a. (subject man) smite
, with accusative, + word of killing (dying): — object lion and bear
1Sam 17:35 man Exod 21:12; Exod 21:20 (
E
),
Josh 10:26 (
J
E
),
Josh 11:17 (
D
),
1Sam 17:50; 2Sam 1:15;
2Sam 2:31 (מִן partitive + ב
among), 2Sam 4:7; 2Sam 14:6;
2Sam
18:15; 2Sam 21:17;
1Kgs 16:10; 2Kgs 12:22; 2Kgs 15:30;
2Kgs 25:21 = Jer 52:27; 2Kgs 25:25;
Jer 41:2; Num 35:16; Num 35:17; Num 35:18; Num
35:21 (
P
; all with ב instrumental); with accusative +
אֶלחֹֿמֶשׁ + ב instrumental 2Sam 2:23
smote him (fatally) in the belly with (on
text see HPS), 2Sam 20:10
, compare
2Sam 3:27; 2Sam 4:6 (but strike out
ᵐ5
Ew
Th
We
Dr
Bu
HPS); וְהִכָּהוּ נֶפֶשׁ
Deut 19:11
and he smite him in his life (mortally), and he die, compare
(without word of dying) Deut 19:6; Gen 37:21 (
J
),
Jer 40:14; Jer 40:15 [otherwise
Lev 24:17; Lev 24:18;
Lev 35:15;
Lev 35:30;
Josh 20:3; Josh 20:9]; with prolepsis
לְהַכּוֺת חֲלָלִים
smite the slain
Judg 20:31; Judg 20:39 +
אַ֫רְצָה
smite to the ground i.e. kill 2Sam 2:22;
2Sam
18:11.
b.
smite, of worm gnawing or boring so as to kill plant Jonah 4:7
.
c. very often =
kill, slay, man or beast (c. 150 t.): Gen 4:15
;
Gen 8:21 (exterminate; both
J
),
Exod 2:12; Num 21:35 (
E
),
Josh 7:5 (מִן partitive),
Josh 7:5 (
J
E
),
Deut 19:6; Deut 21:1; Deut 27:24;
Deut
27:25; Josh 11:10 (ב
instrumental; all
D
),
Lev 24:17; Lev 24:18; Lev 24:21 (twice in
verse) (
H
),
Num 35:11; Num 35:15; Num 35:21; Num
35:24; Num 35:30; Josh 9:18;
Josh 20:3; Josh 20:9 (all
P
),
Judg 15:16; 1Sam 17:9 (twice in
verse);
1Sam 17:36; 2Sam 12:9 (ב
instrumental), 2Kgs 9:7 (exterminate), etc.; with
ב
among
1Sam 23:5, מִן partitive Judg 14:19; Judg 20:45 with
ב partitive slay at, work slaughter among
2Sam 23:10 (insert also in || 1Chr
11:13 see
Beon the passage
Dr
2Sam 23:10
), but also ב of direct object 1Sam 18:7
;
1Sam 21:12; 1Sam 29:5 subject lion
1Kgs 20:36
(twice in verse) compare Jer 5:6 (figurative of judgment);
׳
י subject 1Sam 6:19b (ב
among, + accusative of cognate meaning with verb;
1Sam 6:19 a וַיַּךְ corrupt see
ᵐ5
Th
We
Dr Kl Kit
Bu
HPS); slay firstborn
Exod 12:2 (
J
),
Exod 12:29; Num 3:13; Num 8:17;
Num 33:4 (all
P
),
Ps 78:51; Ps 105:36; Ps 135:8 God
slays for (
עַל) sin 2Sam 6:7 = 1Chr 13:10
(עַלאֲֿשֶׁר); slay
לְפִיחֶֿרֶב
Deut
13:16; Deut 20:13;
(all
D
),
Judg 18:27; Judg 21:10;
1Sam 22:9; 2Kgs 10:25; Jer 21:7;
Job 1:15; Job 1:17
kill, slay, with accusative of cognate meaning with verb (
מַכָּה) 1Sam 14:14; 1Kgs 20:21
(ב
among), 2Chr 13:17 (בָּהֶם
), 2Chr 25:13 (מֵהֶם); with
accusative of person + accusative of cognate meaning with verb Josh
10:20 (
J
E
),
Esth 9:5, etc.; kill unwittingly,
unintentionally
הִכָּה בִבְלִי דַ֫עַת
Deut 19:4; Josh 20:5 (both
D
).
3.
Smite = attack, attack and destroy a company Gen 32:9; Gen
32:12;
Gen 34:30;
Josh 8:21;
Judg 8:11;
Judg 9:43; 2Kgs 8:21;
2Chr 21:9
attack and capture a city Judg 1:8 Judg 1:12 =
Josh 15:16 (
J
E
), Josh
7:3;
Josh 10:4 (
J
E
),
1Sam 30:1; 1Kgs 15:20 =
2Chr 16:4; 2Kgs 15:16 (twice in
verse);
1Chr 20:1; 2Chr 14:13;
Jer 47:1 tents 1Chr 4:41; 2Chr 14:14 =
sack a city
לְפִיחֶֿרֶב (slaying inhabitants), Josh 8:24;
Josh 19:47 (both
J
E
),
Josh 10:28; Josh 10:30; Josh 10:32;
Josh 10:35; Josh 10:37 compare Josh 10:39
(all
D
),
Judg 1:25; Judg 20:37; 2Sam 15:14
especially defeat
king or army (involving often overthrow, pursuit and slaughter), — approximately 95 t.,
—
Gen 14:5; Gen 14:15; Gen 14:17; Num 14:45; Num
21:24 (
J
E
),
Josh 8:12; Josh 10:10 (+
accusative of cognate meaning with verb), Josh 10:10 (עַד
location),
Josh 11:8 (twice in verse) (all
J
E
), Deut
1:4;
Deut 2:33;
Deut 3:3;
Deut 4:46; Deut
7:2; Deut
29:6;
Josh 10:33; Josh 10:40 (מִןו֯עד
location),
Josh 12:1;
Josh 12:6; Josh 12:12;
Josh 13:12 (all
D
); Judg
1:5;
Judg 1:17; 1Sam 11:11 (
עד temporal), 1Kgs 13:17 (עַדכַּֿלֵּה
),
2Kgs 3:24a + 2Kgs 3:24b (where read
וַיָּבֹאוּ בוֺא וְהַכּוֺת
and they went on defeating), Isa 10:20;
Jer 37:10, etc.; insert וַיַּךְ or
הִכָּה in 2Sam 8:13
Th
Ke
Kit
Bu compare Dr
, after
ᵐ5
; with ב object 1Sam 14:31;
1Sam 23:2 (twice in verse) (ה locative
— מִן); + לְפִי חֶרֶב
Judg 20:48, etc.; of gods causing defeat
2Chr
28:23
smite land = conquer, subjugate, sometimes ravage, Gen
14:7;
Josh 10:40 (
D
),
1Sam 27:9; Jer 43:11; Jer 46:13, compare
Isa
14:6
(accusative of cognate meaning with verb); subject ׳
י
Num 32:4 (
P
); of ׳
י
smiting sea וְהִכָּה בַיָּם גַּלִּים
Zech
10:11 (
BevJPhoenician xviii. 35 (1889), 88 proposes גבלים
).
4. Of God,
a.
smite with (ב) a plague, disease, etc.: — blindness Gen
19:11 (
J
),
2Kgs 6:18 (twice in verse) compare Zech 12:4
(twice in verse) (symbolic); of Egyptian plagues Exod 3:20;
Exod 9:15 (both
J
), 1Sam
4:8, without ב
Exod 7:25 (
J
),
Exod 12:13 (
P
), Ps 136:10 (accusative + בִּבְכוֺרֵיהֶם
); other plagues Num 14:12 (
J
E
),
Deut 28:22; Deut 28:27; Deut 28:28;
Deut 28:35;
1Sam 5:6; 2Sam 24:17; Job 2:7;
Amos 4:9; Hag 2:17; Mal 3:24 without
ב,
1Sam 5:9; 2Kgs 19:35 = Isa 37:26; Num
11:33 (
J
E
; בָּעָם + accusative of cognate meaning with verb);
smite vines with (ב) blight Ps
105:33.
b.
smite = chastise, or send judgment upon,
usually with accusative, 1Kgs 14:15; 1Chr 21:7;
Isa 5:25; Isa 9:12; Isa 27:7 (
הַכְּמַכַּת מַכֵּהוּ הִכָּהוּ), Isa 30:31 (
ב instrumental) Isa 57:17; Isa 60:10
(opposed to רִחַם) Jer 2:30;
Jer 5:3; Jer 14:9; Ezek 32:15 (
ᵐ5
Co
זֵרָה scatter); with עִל
punish for, (sin) Lev 26:24 (
H
).
c. of God's destroying
palaces
Amos 3:15; Amos 6:11 (2
accusative), compare Zech 9:4.
Hoph`al
Perfect
הֻכָּה
Hos 9:16;
Num 25:14,
הוּכָּה
Ps 102:5
וְהֻכָּה consecutive Exod 22:1 3 feminine singular
הֻכְּתָה
Ezek
33:21; Ezek
40:1 1 singular
הֻכֵּ֫יתִי
Zech 13:6 3 pluralהֻכּוּ
1Sam 5:12
Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיֻּכּוּ
Exod 5:14 2 masculine plural תֻּכּוּ
Isa 1:5
Participle
מֻכֶּה
Num 25:14, construct מֻכֵּה
Isa 53:4 feminine מֻכָּה
Num 25:15;
Num 25:18 plural
מֻכִּים
Exod 5:16, construct מֻכֵּיֿ
Jer 18:21 — be smitten:
1. = receive a blow
Isa 1:5 (Judah under figure of man).
2.
be wounded
Zech
13:6.
3.
be beaten
Exod 5:14;
Exod 5:16 (
J
).
4.
be (fatally) smitten + verb of dying
Exod 22:1 (
E
); be killed, slain
Num
25:14 (twice in verse); Num
25:15;
Num 25:18 (with עַל,
for), מֻכֵּיחֶֿרֶב
Jer
18:21 (|| הֲרֻגֵי מָ֑וֶת); so
also (absolute) probably
1Sam 4:2 (read וַיֻּכּוּ
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
ᵑ9
Th
Dr
Klo
Kit, for
ᵑ0
וַיַּכּוּ).
5.
be attacked and captured, of city Ezek 33:21
;
Ezek 40:1.
6.
be smitten with disease (by God) 1Sam 5:12
absolute, of ׳
י's servant Isa 53:4.
7.
be blighted, of plant (in figurative) Hos 9:16
(Ehpraimitic source), Ps 102:5 (heart, כָּעֵשֶׂב
; both + יָבַשׁ).