Hebrew · H4347, H2470 · unreviewed

מַכָּה נַחְלָה מְאֹד

A blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound ; figuratively, carnage , also pestilence · properly, to be rubbed or worn ; hence (figuratively) to be weak , sick , afflicted ; or (causatively) to grieve , make sick ; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat

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מַכָּה H4347 a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound ; figuratively, carnage , also pestilence

Pronunciation makāh

Physical violence expanding into divine judgment: blow becomes plague, wound becomes pestilence, stroke becomes covenant curse

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חָלָה H2470 properly, to be rubbed or worn ; hence (figuratively) to be weak , sick , afflicted ; or (causatively) to grieve , make sick ; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat

Pronunciation ḥālāh

Physical deterioration (rubbing away) extends metaphorically to weakness, sickness, affliction, and entreaty as urgent supplication.

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