Etymology?:
from nāxā נָכָה ‘to smite’ (only plural)
Roots:
נכה
makkā n, f
1) blow, wound, slaughter
1a) blow, stripe
1b) beating, scourging
1c) wound
1d) slaughter
1e) defeat, conquest
1f) plague
Mentioned in Codex Leviticus 26:21 Numbers 11:33 Deuteronomy 25:3, 29:21, 28:59, 28:61 Joshua 10:20, 10:10 Judges 15:8, 11:33 1 Samuel 6:19, 4:8, 4:10, 14:30, 14:14, 23:5, 19:8 1 Kings 22:35, 20:21 2 Kings 8:29, 9:15 Isaiah 30:26, 1:6, 27:7, 14:6, 10:26 Jeremiah 49:17, 30:14, 10:19, 30:17, 15:18, 14:17, 30:12, 19:8, 50:13, 6:7 Micah 1:9 Nahum 3:19 Zechariah 13:6 Psalms 64:8 Proverbs 20:30 Esther 9:5 2 Chronicles 13:17, 22:6, 28:5, 2:9