כִּֽי־חָזָֽק׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כִּֽי־חָזָֽק׃

   ki-kha-ZAK

   that he was strong
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַ֥ד כִּֽי־חָזָֽק׃

   AD ki-kha-ZAK

   until that he was strong
3. clause🔊 וַיֵּצֵ֤א שְׁמוֹ֙ עַד־לְמֵ֣רָח֔‪וֹק כִּֽי־הִפְלִ֥יא לְהֵעָזֵ֖ר עַ֥ד כִּֽי־חָזָֽק׃

   va-ye-TSE she-MO ad-le-me-ra-KHOK ki-hif-LI le-he-a-ZER AD ki-kha-ZAK

   and went out his name as far as distant for he did wondrously to be helped until that he was strong
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֣עַשׂ בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם חִשְּׁבֹנ֜וֹת מַחֲשֶׁ֣בֶת חוֹשֵׁ֗ב לִהְי֤וֹת עַל־הַמִּגְדָּלִים֙ וְעַל־הַפִּנּ֔וֹת לִירוֹא֙ בַּֽחִצִּ֔ים וּבָאֲבָנִ֖ים גְּדֹל֑וֹת וַיֵּצֵ֤א שְׁמוֹ֙ עַד־לְמֵ֣רָח֔‪וֹק כִּֽי־הִפְלִ֥יא לְהֵעָזֵ֖ר עַ֥ד כִּֽי־חָזָֽק׃

   va-ya-AS bi-ru-sha-LA-yim khish-be-NOT ma-kha-SHE-vet kho-SHEV lih-HYOT al-ha-mig-da-LIM ve-al-ha-pin-NOT lih-RO ba-khi-TSIM u-va-a-va-NIM ge-do-LOT va-ye-TSE she-MO ad-le-me-ra-KHOK ki-hif-LI le-he-a-ZER AD ki-kha-ZAK

   and he made in Jerusalem devices of design a designer to be on the towers and on the corners to shoot with the arrows and with stones great and went out his name as far as distant for he did wondrously to be helped until that he was strong

Exegesis

The causal clause ki hifli lehen’azer ad ki khazak {כִּֽי־הִפְלִ֥יא לְהֵעָזֵ֖ר עַ֥ד כִּֽי־חָזָֽק | kî hi·flî’ lə·hē·‘ā·zēr ‘ad kî ḥā·zāq} links divine assistance to Uzziah’s subsequent strength, using two infinitives and perfect verbs to convey continuous empowerment and final state of power. English rendering retains the Hebrew paratactic structure and clarifies purpose relationships.

Root and etymology

ḥ-z-q🔊 ח־ז־קchet–zayin–qof

“to be strong, strengthen”

• 🔊 חִזּוּקḥizukstrengtheningEzra 6:22