2 Chronicles 13:7:152 Chr.13.7.W15TAB
הִתְחַזֵּ֖ק
hitkhazek
“he strengthened himself”
- Transliteration
- hit-kha-ZEK
- Extended
- hiht-khah-ZEHk
- IPA
- /hit.ħaˈzːeːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- he strengthened himself
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
hit-kha-ZEK
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO hit-kha-ZEK
- clause
u-re-kha-VA-am ha-YA NA-ar ve-rakh-LE-vav ve-LO hit-kha-ZEK lif-ne-HEM
- sentence
va-yik-KA-be-tsu a-LAIV a-na-SHIM re-KIM be-NE be-li-YA-al va-yit-a-ME-tsu al-re-kha-VA-am ben-she-lo-MO u-re-kha-VA-am ha-YA NA-ar ve-rakh-LE-vav ve-LO hit-kha-ZEK lif-ne-HEM
Exegesis
The closing clause velo hitchazek lifneihem {וְלֹא הִתְחַזֵּק לִפְנֵיהֶם | wə-lōʾ hitḥazzēq lipnêhem} uses negation with a reflexive-strength verb to underscore failure to take a firm stance “before them,” a face-to-face context of pressure.
Root and etymology
consonantsChet–Zayin–Qof
“to be strong”
In context — 2 Chronicles 13:7
And worthless men, sons of Belial , gathered against him and strengthened themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon; and Rehoboam was a youth and tender of heart, and he did not strengthen himself before them.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 13:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 2 Chronicles 13:7, so the Hebrew word הִתְחַזֵּ֖ק (hitkhazek) 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.13.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.13.7.W15.S1) and character.