What does נָכָה · לָשׁוֹן mean in the Bible?
נָכָה · לָשׁוֹן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "strike him with the tongue".
Hebrew · H5221, H3956
וְנַכֵּהוּ בַלָּשׁוֹן
To strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) · the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
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נָכָה H5221 to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation nāḵāh
Strike spans lethal violence to divine punishment; core notion is forceful impact with moral or consequential weight.
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לָשׁוֹן H3956 the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
Pronunciation lashon
Tongue metonymically represents speech itself; extended figuratively to flame-tips and metal wedges via shared pointed shape.
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What does וְנַכֵּהוּ בַלָּשׁוֹן (venakkehu vallashon) mean in the Bible?
נָכָה · לָשׁוֹן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "strike him with the tongue".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H5221, H3956?
H5221, H3956 is connected to 619 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. strike him with the tongue
Source Gloss
strike him with the tongue
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 135
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 122×
Perfect 1Chr 11:22 · 1Chr 11:23 · 1Chr 18:9 · 1Chr 18:12 · 1Chr 20:4 · 1Kgs 15:29 · 1Kgs 16:7 · 1Kgs 16:11 · 1Kgs 16:16 · 1Sam 6:19 · 1Sam 13:4 · 1Sam 14:14 · 1Sam 17:36 · 1Sam 18:7 · 1Sam 21:12 · 1Sam 22:19 68×
Imperfect 1Sam 17:26 · 2Kgs 15:16 · Deut 19:4 · Exod 21:20 · Exod 21:26 · Hos 6:1 · Isa 30:31 · Jer 47:1 · Josh 15:16 · Judg 1:12 · Lev 24:17 · 2Kgs 6:22 · 2Kgs 13:19 · Deut 13:16 · Exod 2:13 · Ezek 5:2 24×
Participle active 1Chr 11:6 · 2Kgs 6:22 · 2Sam 5:8 · 2Sam 14:7 · Deut 27:24 · Exod 2:11 · Exod 7:17 · Exod 21:12 · Ezek 7:9 · Isa 14:6 · Isa 66:3 · Josh 20:3 · Josh 20:9 · Num 35:11 · Num 35:15 · Num 35:30 16×
Sequential imperfect 2Kgs 6:18 · 2Kgs 13:18 · Amos 9:1 · Ezek 6:11 · Zech 13:7 · 2Sam 13:28 6×
Infinitive construct 1Sam 4:13 · 2Sam 21:12 · Deut 25:2 · Exod 7:25 · Gen 4:15 5×
Infinitive absolute 1Kgs 20:37 · 2Kgs 14:10 · Deut 13:16 3×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 11×
Perfect Hos 9:16 · Num 25:14 · Ps 102:5 · Ezek 33:21 · Ezek 40:1 · 1Sam 5:12 · Zech 13:6 7×
Participle passive Exod 5:16 · Isa 53:4 · Jer 18:21 3×
Imperfect Isa 1:5 1×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 2×
Perfect Exod 9:31 · Exod 9:32 2×
Word Origins
וְנַכֵּהוּ בַלָּשׁוֹן is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain