2 Chronicles 12:13:12 Chr.12.13.W1TAB
וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק
vayitkhazek
“and he strengthened himself or became strong”
- Transliteration
- va-yit-kha-ZEK
- Extended
- vah-yit-khah-ZEHk
- IPA
- /vaj.jit.ħaˈzɛq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he strengthened himself 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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yit-kha-ZEK
- clause
va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-ME-lekh re-khav-AM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yim-LOKH
- sentence
va-yit-kha-ZEK ha-ME-lekh re-khav-AM bi-ru-sha-LA-yim va-yim-LOKH KI ben-ar-ba-IM ve-a-KHAT sha-NA re-khav-AM be-mal-KHO u-she-VA e-se-RE sha-NA ma-LAKH bi-ru-sha-LA-yim ha-IR a-sher-ba-KHAR ye-ho-VAH la-SUM et-she-MO SHAM mi-KOL shiv-TE yis-ra-EL ve-SHEM im-MO na-a-MA ha-a-mo-NIT
Exegesis
The narrative begins with the vav-consecutive vayitchazzek {וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק | wayyiṯḥazzēq} marking sequence and self-directed action.
In context — 2 Chronicles 12:13
And King Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned, for he was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the LORD had chosen to place His Name there from among all the tribes of Israel. The name of his mother was Naamah the Ammonitess.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 12:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Chronicles 12:13, so the Hebrew word וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק (vayitkhazek) 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 2 Chr.12.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.12.13.W1.S1) and character.