[
נָכָה]
501 verb smite (not in 
Qal) (Late Hebrew Hiph. 
id.; 
Perfect 3rd person plural הכו SI
4, 
Infinitive [
ת]
להכ ib. 
2; Syriac 

, 
laesit, nocuit, repugnavit; Aph`el 
laesit, vulneravit; Ethiopic 
 laesit, nocuit
 laesit, nocuit; compare Arabic 
 be defeated
 be defeated, 
 the inflicting of injury
 the inflicting of injury on an enemy Lane
3038); — 
† 
Niph. Perfect וְנִכָּה וָמֵת consecutive 
2 Samuel 11:15 and he shall be smitten [struck by weapon in battle] 
and die. 
† 
Pu. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular נֻכָּ֑תָה Exodus 9:31; 
3rd peson plural נֻכּוּ Exodus 9:32 (J), both 
be smitten down by the hail. 
Hiph.482 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִכָּה Exodus 9:25 +; suffix 
וְהִכַּ֫נִי consecutive 
Genesis 32:12, 
הִכָּם Jeremiah 5:6; 
2nd person masculine singular הִכִּ֫יתָ Exodus 17:5 +; 
1st person singular הִכֵּיתִי Judges 15:16 +, 
וְהִכֵּתִ֫י Exodus 3:20 +; 
3rd person plural הִכּוּ Genesis 19:11 +; 
2nd person masculine plural הִכִּיתֶם Jeremiah 37:10 + 
3 times consecutive; etc.; 
Imperfect + 
3rd person masculine singular יַכֶּה Exodus 21:20 +, 
יַךְ Hosea 6:1 (but read 
וַיַּךְ We Now GASm); 
וְיַח Hosea 14:6 (see below); 
וַיַּכֶּה Joshua 10:40 +, usually 
וַיַּךְ Exodus 2:12 +; suffix 
2nd person masculine singular יַכֶּ֫כָּה Jeremiah 40:15 + 
2 times, 
3rd person masculine singular וַיַּכּוֺ 2 Samuel 14:6 (but read 
וַיַּךְ 
. 
 
 
 Th We Dr Klo Kit Bu HPS), 
יַכֶּ֫נּוּ 1 Samuel 17:25 + 
2 times; usually 
וַיַּכֵּ֫הוּ Numbers 21:24 +; 
3rd person feminine singular וַתַּךְ Jonah 4:7, 
8; 
2nd person masculine singular תַּכֶּה Exodus 2:13 +; suffix 
3rd person masculine singular תַּכֶּ֫נּוּ Proverbs 23:13, 
14; 
1st person singular אַכֶּה 1 Samuel 18:11 +; 
וָאַכֶּה Nehemiah 13:25, 
וָאַךְ Exodus 9:15; 
3rd person masculine plural יַכוּ Micah 4:14 [
Micah 5:1]; usually 
וַיַּכּוּ Genesis 14:5 + (
1 Samuel 4:2 read probably 
Hoph. which see); 
1st person plural נַכֶּהֿ Numbers 22:6; 
וַנַךְ Deuteronomy 2:33, etc.; 
Imperative הַכֵּה Ezekiel 6:11, 
הַךְ Amos 9:1 +; 
masculine plural הַכּוּ 2 Samuel 13:28, etc.; 
Infinitive absolute הַכֵּה Deuteronomy 3:16 +, 
הַכּוֺת 2 Kings 3:24 (Ges
§ 75ff); 
construct. 
הַכּוֺת Genesis 4:15 +, etc.; 
Participle מַכֶּה Exodus 2:11 +; construct 
מַכֵּה Exodus 21:12 +; plural 
מַכִּים 1 Samuel 4:8 +, etc.; — 
    1.
    a. literally, 
smite (with a single, non-fatal, blow), 
strike, followed by accusative, ass 
Numbers 22:23, 
25, 
27 (
בְּמַקֵּל), 
Numbers 22:28; 
Numbers 22:32 (all J); man 
Exodus 21:15, 
19 (E); cheeks 
Job 16:10; man (on) cheek (2 accusative) 
Lamentations 3:30; 
Psalm 3:8; man 
עַללְֿחִי Micah 4:14 (
ב instrumental), 
1 Kings 22:24 2 Chronicles 18:23; eye 
Exodus 21:26 (E); 
שֵׁבֶט מַכֵּךְ Isaiah 14:29 (figurative of conqueror); with 
(ב) stone or fist 
Exodus 21:18 (E), compare (figurative) 
Isaiah 58:4 (absolute); 
smite lion or bear 
1 Samuel 17:35; 
strike river (with rod 
מַטֶּה) 
Exodus 7:17 (with 
עַל object, + 
ב instrumental), 
Exodus 7:20; 
Exodus 17:5 (E; 
ב instrumental), also (with mantle) 
2 Kings 2:8, 
14 (twice in verse), compare 
י׳ smiting Euphrates into 
(לׅ seven streams 
Isaiah 11:15; dust 
Exodus 8:12; 
Exodus 8:13 (P); rock 
Exodus 17:6 (E), 
Numbers 20:11 (P; 
ב instrumental), 
Psalm 78:20; figurative 
smite earth 
פִּיו בְּשֵׁבֶט Isaiah 11:4 (of future Davidic king); 
strike on ground (
אַ֫רְצָה; with arrows) 
2 Kings 13:18, also (absolute) 
2 Kings 13:18; 
2 Kings 13:19; 
strike weapons out of (
מִן) hands, 
Ezekiel 39:3 (
י׳; figurative of making powerless); lintel of door 
Amos 9:1; barley-loaf 
strikes tent 
Judges 7:13 (in dream); in figure of regret, remorse 
וַיַּךְ לֵב דָּוִד אֹתוֺ 2 Samuel 24:10 and David's heart smote him, 
so 1 Samuel 24:6 (+ 
עַלאֲֿשֶׁר because); of goat smiting (butting with horn) the ram, so as to break its horns 
Daniel 8:7 (in vision); 
smite = 
hit with missile, sling-stone 
1 Samuel 17:49 (with accusative of person + 
אֶלמִֿצְחוֺ), compare 
2 Kings 3:25 (but text perhaps corrupt, see Benz); arrow, 
1 Kings 22:34 2 Chronicles 18:33 (with accusative of person + 
בֵּין), 
2 Kings 9:24 (with 
id.); of piercing, 
הַכּוֺת בַּחֲנִית בְּדָוִד וּבַקִּיר 1 Samuel 19:10 smite with the dart into David and into the wall, pin David to the wall, 
בַּקִּיר וַיַּךְ אֶתהַֿח׳ 1 Samuel 19:10, compare 
1 Samuel 18:11, 
אַכֶּנּוּ בַחֲנִית וּבָאָרֶץ 1 Samuel 26:8.
 
    b. smite repeatedly, 
beat, a man 
Exodus 2:11, 
13 (E), 
Exodus 5:16 (J), 
Nehemiah 13:25 (
מִן partitive), compare 
Deuteronomy 25:11; here probably also 
1 Kings 20:35 (twice in verse); 
1 Kings 20:37 (twice in verse) (
הַכֵּה וּפָצֹעַ beating and bruising him); of Assyria under figure of taskmaster 
Isaiah 10:24; 
beat a woman so as to bruise her (
פָּצַע) 
Songs 5:7; 
beat by authority, 
scourge Jeremiah 20:2; 
Jeremiah 37:15; 
Deuteronomy 25:2, 
3 (with accusative of person + accusative of congnate meaning with verb 
מַכָּה רַבָּה), 
Deuteronomy 25:3 compare 
כִּן הַכּוֺת Deuteronomy 25:2 i.e. 
worthy of scourging, bastinado, (compare Dr); 
2 Chronicles 25:16; 
Proverbs 17:10; 
Proverbs 19:25; 
Proverbs 23:13, 
14 (
ב instrumental); compare 
גֵּוִי נָחַתִּי לְמַכִּים Isaiah 50:6; of hail, 
beat down herbage etc. 
Exodus 9:25 (twice in verse) (compare 
Pu.).
 
    d. give a thrust (with fork) into (
ב) pot 
1 Samuel 2:14; 
strike roots 
Hosea 14:6 (in figurative, but 
וַיֵּלְכוּ We Now).
 
    2. Smite fatally:
    a. (subject man) 
smite, with accusative, + word of killing (dying): — object lion and bear 
1 Samuel 17:35; man 
Exodus 21:12, 
20 (E), 
Joshua 10:26 (JE), 
Joshua 11:17 (D), 
1 Samuel 17:50; 
2 Samuel 1:15; 
2 Samuel 2:31 (
מִן partitive + 
ב among), 
2 Samuel 4:7; 
2 Samuel 14:6; 
2 Samuel 18:15; 
2 Samuel 21:17; 
1 Kings 16:10; 2 Kings 12:22 [
2 Kings 12:21]; 
2 Kings 15:30; 
2 Kings 25:21 = 
Jeremiah 52:27; 
2 Kings 25:25; 
Jeremiah 41:2; 
Numbers 35:16, 
17, 
18, 
21 (P; all with 
ב instrumental); with accusative + 
אֶלחֹֿמֶשׁ + 
ב instrumental 
2 Samuel 2:23 smote him (fatally) 
in the belly with (on text see HPS), 
2 Samuel 20:10, compare 
2 Samuel 3:27; 
2 Samuel 4:6 (but strike out 

 Ew Th We Dr Bu HPS); 
וְהִכָּהוּ נֶפֶשׁ Deuteronomy 19:11 and he smite him in his life (mortally), and he die, compare (without word of dying) 
Deuteronomy 19:6; 
Genesis 37:21 (J), 
Jeremiah 40:14, 
15 [otherwise 
Leviticus 24:17; 
Leviticus 24:18; 
Numbers 35:11; 
Numbers 35:15; 
Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 27:35; 
Joshua 20:3, 
9]; with prolepsis 
לְהַכּוֺת חֲלָלִים smite the slain Judges 20:31, 
39; + 
אַ֫רְצָה smite to the ground i.e. kill 
2 Samuel 2:22; 
2 Samuel 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 (approximately + 
150 times): 
Genesis 4:15; 
Genesis 8:21 (exterminate; both J), 
Exodus 2:12; 
Numbers 21:35 (E), 
Joshua 7:5 (
מִן partitive), 
Joshua 7:5 (JE), 
Deuteronomy 19:6; 
Deuteronomy 21:1; 
Deuteronomy 27:24, 
25; 
Joshua 11:10 (
ב instrumental; all D), 
Leviticus 24:17, 
18, 
21 (twice in verse) (H), 
Numbers 35:11, 
15, 
21, 
24, 
30; 
Joshua 9:18; 
Joshua 20:3, 
9 (all P), 
Judges 15:16; 
1 Samuel 17:9 (twice in verse); 
1 Samuel 17:36; 
2 Samuel 12:9 (
ב instrumental), 
2 Kings 9:7 (exterminate), etc.; with 
ב among 1 Samuel 23:5, 
מִן partitive 
Judges 14:19; 
Judges 20:45; with 
ב partitive 
slay at, work slaughter among 2 Samuel 23:10 (insert also in || 
1 Chronicles 11:13 see Be
on the passage Dr 
2 Samuel 23:10), but also 
ב of direct object 
1 Samuel 18:7; 
1 Samuel 21:12; 
1 Samuel 29:5; subject lion 
1 Kings 20:36 (twice in verse) compare 
Jeremiah 5:6 (figurative of judgment); 
י׳ subject 
1 Samuel 6:19b (
ב among, + accusative of congnate meaning with verb; 
1 Samuel 6:19a וַיַּךְ corrupt see 

 Th We Dr Kl Kit Bu HPS); 
slay firstborn 
Exodus 12:2 (J), 
Exodus 12:29; 
Numbers 3:13; 
Numbers 8:17; 
Numbers 33:4 (all P), 
Psalm 78:51; 
Psalm 105:36; 
Psalm 135:8; God 
slays for (
עַל) sin 
2 Samuel 6:7 = 
1 Chronicles 13:10 (
עַלאֲֿשֶׁר); 
slay לְפִיחֶֿרֶב Deuteronomy 13:16; 
Deuteronomy 20:13; 
Joshua 11:11, 
12, 
14 (all D), 
Judges 18:27; 
Judges 21:10; 
1 Samuel 22:9; 
2 Kings 10:25; 
Jeremiah 21:7; 
Job 1:15, 
17; 
kill, slay, with accusative of congnate meaning with verb (
מַכָּה) 
1 Samuel 14:14; 
1 Kings 20:21 (
ב among), 
2 Chronicles 13:17 (
בָּהֶם), 
2 Chronicles 25:13 (
מֵהֶם); with accusative of person + accusative of congnate meaning with verb 
Joshua 10:20 (JE), 
Esther 9:5, etc.; 
kill unwittingly, unintentionally הִכָּה בִבְלִי דַ֫עַת Deuteronomy 19:4; 
Joshua 20:5 (both D).
 
    3. Smite = attack, attack and destroy a company 
Genesis 32:9, 
12; 
Genesis 34:30; 
Joshua 8:21; 
Judges 8:11; 
Judges 9:43; 
2 Kings 8:21; 
2 Chronicles 21:9; 
attack and capture a city 
Judges 1:8 Judges 1:12 = 
Joshua 15:16 (JE), 
Joshua 7:3; 
Joshua 10:4 (JE), 
1 Samuel 30:1; 
1 Kings 15:20 2 Chronicles 16:4; 
2 Kings 15:16 (twice in verse); 
1 Chronicles 20:1; 
2 Chronicles 14:13; 
Jeremiah 47:1; tents 
1 Chronicles 4:41; 
2 Chronicles 14:14; = 
sack a city 
לְפִיחֶֿרֶב (slaying inhabitants), 
Joshua 8:24; 
Joshua 19:47 (both J E), 
Joshua 10:28, 
30, 
32, 
35, 
37 compare 
Joshua 10:39 (all D), 
Judges 1:25; 
Judges 20:37; 
2 Samuel 15:14; especially 
defeat king or army (involving often overthrow, pursuit and slaughter), — approximately + 
95 times, — 
Genesis 14:5, 
15, 
17; 
Numbers 14:45; 
Numbers 21:24 (JE), 
Joshua 8:12; 
Joshua 10:10 (+ accusative of congnate meaning with verb), 
Joshua 10:10 (
עַד location), 
Joshua 11:8 (twice in verse) (all J E), 
Deuteronomy 1:4; 
Deuteronomy 2:33; 
Deuteronomy 3:3; 
Deuteronomy 4:46; 
Deuteronomy 7:2; 
Deuteronomy 29:6; 
Joshua 10:33, 
40 (
מִןו֯עד location), 
Joshua 12:1, 
6, 
12; 
Joshua 13:12 (all D); 
Judges 1:5, 
17; 
1 Samuel 11:11 (
עד temporal), 
1 Kings 13:17 (
עַדכַּֿלֵּה), 
2 Kings 3:24a + 
2 Kings 3:24b (where read 
וַיָּבֹאוּ בוֺא וְהַכּוֺת and they went on defeating), 
Isaiah 10:20; 
Jeremiah 37:10, etc.; insert 
וַיַּךְ or 
הִכָּה in 
2 Samuel 8:13 Th Ke Kit Bu compare Dr, after 

; with 
ב object 
1 Samuel 14:31; 
1 Samuel 23:2 (twice in verse) (
ה locative — 
מִן); + 
לְפִי חֶרֶב Judges 20:48, etc.; of gods 
causing defeat 2 Chronicles 28:23; 
smite land = conquer, subjugate, sometimes ravage, 
Genesis 14:7; 
Joshua 10:40 (D), 
1 Samuel 27:9; 
Jeremiah 43:11; 
Jeremiah 46:13, compare 
Isaiah 14:6 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb); subject 
י׳ Numbers 32:4 (P); of 
י׳ smiting sea 
וְהִכָּה בַיָּם גַּלִּים Zechariah 10:11 (Bev
JPhoenician xviii. 35 (1889), 88 proposes 
גבלים).
 
    4. Of God,
    a. smite with (
ב) a plague, disease, etc.: — blindness 
Genesis 19:11 (J), 
2 Kings 6:18 (twice in verse) compare 
Zechariah 12:4 (twice in verse) (symbolic); of Egyptian plagues 
Exodus 3:20; 
Exodus 9:15 (both J), 
1 Samuel 4:8, without 
ב Exodus 7:25 (J), 
Exodus 12:13 (P), 
Psalm 136:10 (accusative + 
בִּבְכוֺרֵיהֶם); other plagues 
Numbers 14:12 (JE), 
Deuteronomy 28:22, 
27, 
28, 
35; 
1 Samuel 5:6; 
2 Samuel 24:17; 
Job 2:7; 
Amos 4:9; 
Haggai 2:17; Malachi 3:24; without 
ב, 
1 Samuel 5:9; 
2 Kings 19:35 = 
Isaiah 37:26; 
Numbers 11:33 (J E; 
בָּעָם + accusative of congnate meaning with verb); 
smite vines with (
ב) blight 
Psalm 105:33.
 
Hoph. Perfect הֻכָּה Hosea 9:16; 
Numbers 25:14, 
הוּכָּה Psalm 102:5; 
וְהֻכָּה consecutive 
Exodus 22:1; 
3rd person feminine singular הֻכְּתָה Ezekiel 33:21; 
Ezekiel 40:1; 
1st person singular הֻכֵּ֫יתִי Zechariah 13:6; 
3rd person plural הֻכּוּ 1 Samuel 5:12; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיֻּכּוּ Exodus 5:14; 
2nd person masculine plural תֻּכּוּ Isaiah 1:5; 
Participle מֻכֶּה Numbers 25:14, construct 
מֻכֵּה Isaiah 53:4; feminine 
מֻכָּה Numbers 25:15, 
18; plural 
מֻכִּים Exodus 5:16, construct 
מֻכֵּיֿ Jeremiah 18:21; — be 
smitten: 
    1. = 
receive a blow Isaiah 1:5 (Judah under figure of man).
 
    7. be blighted, of plant (in figurative) 
Hosea 9:16 (Ehpraimitic source), 
Psalm 102:5 (heart, 
כָּעֵשֶׂב; both + 
יָבַשׁ).
 
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