Original Language Studio

Exodus 21:15

“And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.” (KJV)

Tap a word · read right to left

Lexical meaning

נָכָהnâkâh · naw-kaw'
H5221 · Hebrew

Definition: to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: 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.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
מַכֵּ֥ה — verb Hiphil, active participle, masculine, singular, construct
Code HC/Vhrmsc
Usage: Occurs 502 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:15 Genesis 8:21 Genesis 14:5 Genesis 14:7 Genesis 14:15

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נָכָה here.

Verse 14 Verse 16

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.