1 Kings 16:22:11 Kgs.16.22.W1TAB
וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק
vayekhezak
“and prevailed or became strong”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khe-ZAK
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kheh-ZAK
- IPA
- /vaj.jɛħeˈzaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and prevailed or became strong
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-khe-ZAK
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-khe-ZAK ha-AM
- clause
va-ye-khe-ZAK ha-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE om-RI et-ha-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT
- sentence
va-ye-khe-ZAK ha-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE om-RI et-ha-AM a-SHER a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT va-ya-MAT tiv-NI va-yim-LOKH om-RI
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative uses the vav-consecutive verbs vayekhezak {וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק | way-yeḥə-zāq} ‘and he prevailed’, vayamat {וַיָּמָת | way-yā-māt} ‘and he died’, and vayimlokh {וַיִּמְלֹךְ | way-yim-lōk} ‘and he reigned’ to sequence events.
Root and etymology
ח־ז־ק
“to be strong, prevail”
In context — 1 Kings 16:22
And the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni son of Ginath; so Tibni died and Omri reigned .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:22:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 1 Kings 16:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק (vayekhezak) 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 Kgs.16.22.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.22.W1.S1) and character.