וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק

   va-yit-kha-ZEK

   and he strengthened himself or grew mighty
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ

   va-yit-kha-ZEK a-vi-YA-hu

   and he strengthened himself or grew mighty Abijah
3. clause🔊 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ נָשִׁ֖ים אַרְבַּ֣ע עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה

   va-yit-kha-ZEK a-vi-YA-hu va-yi-SA-lo na-SHIM ar-BA e-se-RE

   and he strengthened himself or grew mighty Abijah and he took for himself wives or women four ten
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֣ק אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֥וֹ נָשִׁ֖ים אַרְבַּ֣ע עֶשְׂרֵ֑ה וַיּ֗וֹלֶד עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ בָּנִ֔ים וְשֵׁ֥שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה בָּנ֑וֹת׃

   va-yit-kha-ZEK a-vi-YA-hu va-yi-SA-lo na-SHIM ar-BA e-se-RE va-yo-LED e-se-RIM u-she-NA-yim ba-NIM ve-SHESH e-se-RE ba-NOT

   and he strengthened himself or grew mighty Abijah and he took for himself wives or women four ten and he fathered or begot twenty and two sons and six ten daughters

Exegesis

The narrative opens with the vav-consecutive verb vayitchazzek {וַיִּתְחַזֵּק | va-yi-ṯ-ḥaz-zēq} ‘and he strengthened himself’, signaling sequential action in the Hitpael.

Root and etymology

“to be strong, prevail”

• 🔊 חִזּוּקchizukstrengtheningEzra 6:22