Lexicon
נָכָא
na.ka
H5218A
H:A Hebrew

stricken

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Hebrew
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na.ka describes people portrayed as struck down in Moab's lament.

The sole attested use portrays a plural group as struck down in the setting of Moab's wailing and the foundations of Kir-hareseth.

Senses in use

  1. People portrayed as struck down · dominant

    In Isaiah 16:7, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in the clause concerning the foundations of Kir-hareseth amid Moab's wailing. The APB renders the verse's closing assessment, "surely they are stricken."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 16:7, the APB presents the clause as "surely they are stricken,".

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