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Numbers 14:12
“I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נָכָהnâkâh · naw-kaw'
H5221 · Hebrew
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
- אַכֶּ֥ — verb Hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular
- נּוּ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 502 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:15Genesis 8:21Genesis 14:5Genesis 14:7Genesis 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.
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.