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H5217 H5217
V-Nifal-Perf-3cp  |  1× in 1 sense
they were struck down, scourged, driven out
This Aramaic-influenced verb appears only in Job 30:8, where Job describes the outcasts of society who were 'scourged out of the land.' The language is harsh and physical—not simply expelled but beaten out, struck down and driven away like animals. Job uses this striking imagery as he reflects on how these very outcasts, society's lowest, now mock him in his affliction. The verb's rare form (Niphal perfect) underscores the completed, irreversible nature of their expulsion.

Senses
1. sense 1 In Job 30:8, this Nifal form conveys violent expulsion. The verb is an Aramaizing form related to the more common nakah (to strike). Spanish 'fueron golpeados' (they were beaten) and English 'struck' preserve the physical violence. The passive voice emphasizes these people suffered beating at others' hands, reinforcing Job's point about society's cruelty to the vulnerable.
PHYSICAL_ACTION Physical Impact Striking and Reference
AR["ضُرِبوا"]·ben["তাড়িয়ে-দেওয়া-হয়েছিল"]·DE["[נכאו]"]·EN["they-were-struck"]·FR["נכאו"]·heb["ניכאו"]·HI["मारे-गए"]·ID["mereka dipukul"]·IT["they-were-struck"]·jav["kagebag"]·KO["그들은-쫓겨났다"]·PT["foram-açoitados"]·RU["изгнаны"]·ES["fueron-golpeados"]·SW["walipigwa"]·TR["dövüldüler"]

Related Senses
G0846 1. third-person pronoun reference (5552×)H???? 1. (4670×)H6213a 1. do, perform, act (2383×)G4160 1. do, act, perform (473×)H5221 1. Hifil: to strike in battle, smite enemies (362×)H0899b 1. garment, article of clothing (216×)H6213a 2. make, construct, fabricate (148×)H3772 1. cut a covenant / make a pact (97×)H5060 1. touch physically (Qal) (96×)H3615 1. complete a task (Piel) (85×)H3772 2. cut off / destroy (Hifil causative) (81×)H3920 1. capture, seize (Qal) (76×)H???? 12. (76×)H3772 3. be cut off / be eliminated (Niphal) (74×)H6213a 3. be done, be made (Niphal) (73×)G4160 2. make, construct, create (62×)H3847 1. Qal: put on, wear (60×)H8210 1. pour out (liquid/libation) (59×)G2440 1. garment or clothing (general) (54×)H4191 4. kill / put to death (Hifil causative) (50×)

BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [נָכָא] vb. smite, scourge (rare Aramaizing form of נָכָה);—only Niph. Pf. 3 pl. נִכְּאוּ מִן־הָאָרֶץ Jb 30:8 they are scourged out of the land.