1 Chronicles 21:4:21 Chr.21.4.W2TAB
חָזַ֣ק
khazak
“was strong or prevailed”
- Transliteration
- kha-ZAK
- Extended
- khaa-ZAK
- IPA
- /ħaˈzaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- was strong or prevailed
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ZAK
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ZAK al-yo-AV
- clause
u-de-VAR-ha-ME-lekh kha-ZAK al-yo-AV
- sentence
u-de-VAR-ha-ME-lekh kha-ZAK al-yo-AV va-ye-TSE yo-AV va-yit-ha-LEKH be-KHOL-yis-ra-EL va-ya-VO ye-ru-sha-LA-im
Exegesis
The verse begins with a fronted construct chain, udevar-hammelekh {וּדְבַר־הַמֶּלֶךְ | ûḏəḇar-hammeleḵ} ‘the king’s word/command’, which functions as the clause topic; the following qatal verb khazaq {חָזַק | ḥāzaq} ‘was strong, prevailed’ supplies the predicate, forming an idiom of authoritative coercion (“the king’s word prevailed over Joab”).
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Zayin–Qof
“be strong, prevail”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:4
However, the king’s word prevailed over Joab, and Joab went out and went about through all Israel, and he came to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 21:4, so the Hebrew word חָזַ֣ק (khazak) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.21.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.4.W2.S1) and character.