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title: נָכֵה — smitten · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נָכֵה (5223), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: smitten. BDB 1906: adj. smitten, stricken. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נָכֵה

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«נָכֵה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **smitten** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 5223 · **BDB:** נָכֵה

### Glosses

stricken (2); a.\[person\].stricken (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

smitten [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5223/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. smitten, stricken [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5223/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. smitten, stricken (cf. \[נָכָא\]);—only cstr.: נְכֵה רַגְלַיִם 2 S 4:4; 9:3 crippled of feet; נְכֵה־רוּחַ Is 66:2 contrite of spirit (+ עָנִי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נָכֵה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5223/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 66:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.2/)

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וְאֶת־כָּל־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ יָדִ֣י עָשָׂ֔תָה וַיִּהְי֥וּ כָל־אֵ֖לֶּה נְאֻם־יְהוָ֑ה וְאֶל־זֶ֣ה אַבִּ֔יט אֶל־עָנִי֙ וּנְכֵה־ר֔וּחַ וְחָרֵ֖ד עַל־דְּבָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* and (et) all these.\[things\] hand my it.made and they.were all these.\[things\] the.utterance of.Yahweh and to this.one I.will.look to an.afflicted.\[person\] and a.\[person\].stricken of.spirit and a.\[person\].trembling on word my

*JPS 1917:* For all these things hath My hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith the LORD; but on this man will I look, even on him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at My word.

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[2 Samuel 9:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.9.3/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הַאֶ֨פֶס ע֥וֹד אִישׁ֙ לְבֵ֣ית שָׁא֔וּל וְאֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה עִמּ֖וֹ חֶ֣סֶד אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר צִיבָא֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ע֛וֹד בֵּ֥ן לִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן נְכֵ֥ה רַגְלָֽיִם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said the king \[is\].there not? still anyone of the.house of.Saul so that.I.may.do with him the.covenant.loyalty of.God and he.said Ziba to the king still a.son of Jonathan stricken of.both.feet

*JPS 1917:* And the king said: 'Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him?' And Ziba said unto the king: 'Jonathan hath yet a son, who is lame on his feet.'

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