---
title: נָכָא — stricken · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָכָא (5218), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: stricken. BDB 1906: adj. stricken. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5218.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-3.md)‎ / נָכָא‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# נָכָא

<!-- .meta -->
«נָכָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **stricken** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5218 · **BDB:** נָכָא²

### Glosses

stricken.people (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

stricken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5218/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. stricken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5218/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** adj. stricken;—mpl. נְכָאִים Is 16:7 (Köii. 1, 73), of Moab prostrated by conquest.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָכָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5218/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Isaiah 16:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.16.7/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
לָכֵ֗ן יְיֵלִ֥יל מוֹאָ֛ב לְמוֹאָ֖ב כֻּלֹּ֣ה יְיֵלִ֑יל לַאֲשִׁישֵׁ֧י קִיר־חֲרֶ֛שֶׂתקִיר־חֲרֶ֛שֶׂת תֶּהְגּ֖וּ אַךְ־נְכָאִֽים׃

*Word for word:* therefore it.will.wail Moab for Moab of.it all it.will.wail for the.raisin-cakes of Kir.Hareseth you.will.groan only stricken.people

*JPS 1917:* Therefore shall Moab wail for Moab, every one shall wail; for the sweet cakes of Kir-hareseth shall ye mourn, sorely stricken.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [נָכָא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5217.md)
- next →: [נָכֵא](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e0_5b8_5db_5b5_5d0.md)
- ↑ back to [נ](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1504-3.md)