מכה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Root
נ־כ־ה‎ (n-k-h)

Noun

מַכָּה • (maká) f (plural indefinite מַכּוֹת‎, singular construct מַכַּת־‎, plural construct מַכּוֹת־‎)

  1. an attack, an assault, a hit

Verb

מַכֶּה • (maké)

  1. masculine singular present of הִכָּה‎ (hiká)
    • Exodus 2:11, with translation of the King James Version:
      ‏אִישׁ מִצְרִי מַכֶּה אִישׁ עִבְרִי‎
      ish mitsrí maké ish ivrí
      an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew

Verb

מַכָּה • (maká)

  1. feminine singular present of הִכָּה‎ (hiká)

Verb

מַכֶּה • (maké)

  1. masculine singular present of הִכָּה‎ (hiká)
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Ketubot 7:10:
      ‏וְאֵלּוּ שֶׁכּוֹפִין אוֹתוֹ לְהוֹצִיא, מֻכֵּה שְׁחִין, וּבַעַל פּוֹלִיפּוֹס, וְהַמְקַמֵּץ, וְהַמְצָרֵף נְחֹשֶׁת, וְהַבֻּרְסִי, בֵּין שֶׁהָיוּ בָם עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִשְּׂאוּ וּבֵין מִשֶּׁנִּשְּׂאוּ נוֹלָדוּ‎
      V-élu she-kofín otó l'hotzí, muká sh'chin, u-vá'al pólipos, v-ha-m'kaméts, v-ha-m'tsaréf n'chóshet, v-ha-bursí, ben she-hayú vam ad she-lo nis'ú u-vein mi-she-nis'ú noladó.
      And these are the ones who are forced to divorce: one struck with boils, one who has a polyp, a feces-gatherer, a coppersmith and a tanner, whether they were such before they married or whether arrived after they were married.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَكَّة‎ (makka).

Proper noun

מֶכָּה • (meka) f

  1. Mecca (city)

Anagrams

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