בְּכֹ֧חַ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 בְּכֹ֧חַ

   be-KHO-akh

   with power
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּכֹ֧חַ גָּד֛וֹל

   be-KHO-akh ga-DOL

   with power great
3. clause🔊 כִּ֣י אִֽם־אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ הֶעֱלָ֨ה אֶתְכֶ֜ם מֵאֶ֧רֶץ מִצְרַ֛יִם בְּכֹ֧חַ גָּד֛וֹל וּבִזְר֥וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֖ה אֹת֣וֹ תִירָ֑אוּ

   KI IM-eT-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA ET-khem me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM be-KHO-akh ga-DOL u-viz-RO-a ne-tu-YA o-TO ti-RA-u

   but surely the LORD who brought up you from {the} land of Egypt with power great and with {an} arm outstretched him you shall fear
4. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י אִֽם־אֶת־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ הֶעֱלָ֨ה אֶתְכֶ֜ם מֵאֶ֧רֶץ מִצְרַ֛יִם בְּכֹ֧חַ גָּד֛וֹל וּבִזְר֥וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֖ה אֹת֣וֹ תִירָ֑אוּ וְל֥וֹ תִֽשְׁתַּחֲו֖וּ וְל֥וֹ תִזְבָּֽחוּ׃

   KI IM-eT-ye-ho-VAH a-SHER he-e-LA ET-khem me-E-rets mits-ra-YIM be-KHO-akh ga-DOL u-viz-RO-a ne-tu-YA o-TO ti-RA-u ve-LO tish-ta-kha-VU ve-LO tiz-ba-KHU

   but surely the LORD who brought up you from {the} land of Egypt with power great and with {an} arm outstretched him you shall fear and to him you shall bow yourselves down and to him you shall sacrifice

Exegesis

The coordinated instrument phrases be-koakh gadol u-vizroʾa netuyah {בְּכֹחַ גָּדוֹל וּבִזְר֥וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֖ה | bə-kō-aḥ gā-dōl u-vi-zrō-ʾa ne-ṭû-yāh} present means and manner of redemption, heightening the climactic summons to fear, bowing, and sacrifice. The semicolon in English mirrors the Hebrew menyana (פיסוק) that separates the descriptive clause from the imperative sequence.

Root and etymology

k-w-ḥ🔊 כ־ו־חkaf–waw–ḥet

“power, strength”

• 🔊 כֹּחִיkō-ḥîmy strengthGenesis 49:3