2 Chronicles 25:8:52 Chr.25.8.W5TAB
חֲזַ֣ק
khazakh
“be strong”
- Transliteration
- kha-ZAKH
- Extended
- khah-ZAHKH
- IPA
- /ħăˈzaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- be strong
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ZAKH
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ZAKH la-mil-kha-MA
- clause
KI im-BO a-TA a-SE kha-ZAKH la-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
KI im-BO a-TA a-SE kha-ZAKH la-mil-kha-MA yak-shil-KHA ha-e-lo-HIM lif-NE o-YEV KI yesh-KO-akh be-e-lo-HIM la-zoR u-le-hak-SHIL
Exegesis
The condition is expressed compactly in im-bōʾ {אִם־בֹּא | ʾim-bōʾ} ‘if you go/come’, followed by a rapid sequence of imperatives, ʿăśēh ḥăzaq {עֲשֵׂה חֲזַק | ʿăśēh ḥăzaq} ‘act, be strong’, which intensifies the exhortation and places responsibility on the hearer.
Root and etymology
consonantschet–zayin–qof
“be strong”
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:8
But if you go, act; be strong for the battle . God will cause you to stumble before the enemy, for there is power in God to help and to cause to stumble.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:8:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 25:8, so the Hebrew word חֲזַ֣ק (khazakh) 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.25.8.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.8.W5.S1) and character.