1 Samuel 15:27:41 Sam.15.27.W4TAB
וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק
vayakhazek
“seized”
- Transliteration
- va-ya-kha-ZEK
- Extended
- vah-yah-khah-ZEHK
- IPA
- /vaj.ja.ħaˈzeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- seized
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
va-ya-kha-ZEK
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-kha-ZEK bik-NAF-meh-EE-LOH
- clause
va-ya-kha-ZEK bik-NAF-meh-EE-LOH va-yik-KA-ra
- sentence
va-yis-SOV she-mu-EL la-LE-khet va-ya-kha-ZEK bik-NAF-meh-EE-LOH va-yik-KA-ra
Exegesis
The Hebrew narrative employs a sequential vav consecutive pattern linking three actions: vayissov {וַיִּסֹּב | way·yi·sōḇ} ‘and he turned’, vayachazeq {וַיַּחֲזֵק | way·ya·ḥă·zêq} ‘and he seized’, and vayiqera {וַיִּקָּרַע | way·yi·qā·raʿ} ‘and it tore’.
In context — 1 Samuel 15:27
And as Samuel turned to go, Saul grasped the edge of his robe , and it tore.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 1 Samuel 15:27, so the Hebrew word וַיַּחֲזֵ֥ק (vayakhazek) 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 Sam.15.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.27.W4.S1) and character.