Strike according to the sword
To destroy. To kill.
("And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon even unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong" - in the wilderness 21:1, the lot of Sihon king of the Amorites)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִכָּה לְפִי חֶרֶב
Definition (Hebrew)
הִשְׁמִיד. הָרַג.
("וַיַּכֵּהוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְפִי חָרֶב וַיִּירַשׁ אֶת אַרְצוֹ מֵאַרְנֹן עַד יַבֹּק עַד בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן כִּי עַז גְּבוּל בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן"- בְּמִדְבַּר כא כַּד, גּוֹרַל סִיחוֹן מֶלֶךְ הָאֱמוֹרִי)