2 Samuel 13:14:52 Sam.13.14.W5TAB
וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק
vayekhezak
“and he was stronger”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-khe-ZAK
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kheh-ZAHK
- IPA
- /vaj.jeħɛˈzaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he was stronger
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-khe-ZAK mi-me-NA
- clause
va-ye-khe-ZAK mi-me-NA va-ye-a-NE va-yish-KAV o-TA
- sentence
ve-LO a-VA li-she-MO-a be-ko-LA va-ye-khe-ZAK mi-me-NA va-ye-a-NE va-yish-KAV o-TA
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts with va-ye-ḥe-zaq {וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק | va-ye-ḥe-zaq} ‘and he overpowered’, a vav consecutive marking a new action, reinforced by mim-mē-nāh {מִמֶּנָּה | mim-mē-nāh} ‘than her’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-z-qhet–zayin–qof
“to seize”
In context — 2 Samuel 13:14
But he was not willing to listen to her voice, and he overpowered her and afflicted her and lay with her .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:14:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 13:14, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּחֱזַ֤ק (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 Sam.13.14.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.14.W5.S1) and character.