הִתְחַזַּ֣ק

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הִתְחַזַּ֣ק

   hit-kha-ZAK

   he strengthened himself or took courage
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 הִתְחַזַּ֣ק יְהוֹיָדָ֗ע

   hit-kha-ZAK ye-ho-ya-DA

   he strengthened himself or took courage Jehoiada
3. sentence🔊 וּבַשָּׁנָ֨ה הַשְּׁבִעִ֜ית הִתְחַזַּ֣ק יְהוֹיָדָ֗ע וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־שָׂרֵ֣י הַמֵּא֡וֹת לַעֲזַרְיָ֣הוּ בֶן־יְרֹחָ֡ם וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל בֶּן־יְ֠הוֹחָנָן וְלַֽעֲזַרְיָ֨הוּ בֶן־עוֹבֵ֜ד וְאֶת־מַעֲשֵׂיָ֧הוּ בֶן־עֲדָיָ֛הוּ וְאֶת־אֱלִישָׁפָ֥ט בֶּן־זִכְרִ֖י עִמּ֥וֹ בַבְּרִֽית׃

   u-va-sha-NA ha-she-vi-IT hit-kha-ZAK ye-ho-ya-DA va-yik-KAKH et-sa-RE ha-me-OT la-a-zar-ya-HU ven-ye-ro-KHAM u-le-yish-ma-EL ben-ye-ho-kha-NAN ve-la-a-zar-ya-HU ven-o-VED ve-et-ma-a-se-ya-HU ven-a-da-ya-HU ve-et-e-li-sha-FAT ben-zik-RI im-MO vab-be-RIT

   and in the year the seventh he strengthened himself or took courage Jehoiada and he took the hundreds to Azariahu son of Jeroham and to Ishmael son of Jehohanan and to Azariahu son of Obed and son of Adaiahu and son of Zichri with him in the covenant

Exegesis

The main clause uses the Hitpael hitchazzak {הִתְחַזַּ֣ק | hiṯḥazzāq} ‘he strengthened himself’ to portray Jehoiada’s self-initiated resolve, and then advances the narrative with the vav-consecutive wayyiqqaḥ {וַיִּקַּ֣ח | wayyiqqaḥ} ‘and he took’, linking inner resolve to concrete action.

Root and etymology

consonants🔊 ח־ז־קchet–zayin–qof

“be strong”