2 Chronicles 8:3:52 Chr.8.3.W5TAB
וַיֶּחֱזַ֖ק
vayekhezak
“and he took hold or prevailed”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khe-ZAK
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kheh-ZAHK
- IPA
- /vaj.jɛħɛˈzaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he took hold or prevailed
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-khe-ZAK
- sentence
va-YE-lekh she-lo-MO kha-MAT tso-VA va-ye-khe-ZAK a-LE-ha
Exegesis
The subsequent vav-consecutive in vayekhezak {וַיֶּחֱזַ֖ק | wayyēḥăzaq} ‘and he prevailed’ continues the sequence, with the suffix in aleyha {עָלֶֽיהָ | ʿāleyhā} ‘over it’ directly attached to indicate subjugation. English renders these vav-consecutives as “Then” and “and” to preserve narrative flow and chooses “subdued” or “conquered” to capture the force implicit in the root ח-ז-ק.
Root and etymology
ḥ-z-qchet–zayin–qof
“to be strong, to prevail”
In context — 2 Chronicles 8:3
Then Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and subdued it.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 8:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Chronicles 8:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּחֱזַ֖ק (vayekhezak) 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.8.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.8.3.W5.S1) and character.