נכה

Hebrew

Root
נ־כ־ה (n-k-h)

Etymology

Compare with Arabic نَكَى (nakā, “to vex, hurt, upset”)

Pronunciation

• Homophone: ניקה (niká)

Verb

נִכָּה • (nika) (pi'el construction)

1. to subtract something from; to lessen

Noun

נָכֶה • (nakhé) m

1. A cripple.

   עֲבוּר הנָכִים.

   for the disabled (normally written next to the seats reserved for disabled people)

Usage notes

Commonly pronounced nekhé (pl. nekhím) in modern Hebrew.

References

• H5221 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• כהן, כנה