2 Samuel 15:5:72 Sam.15.5.W7TAB
וְהֶחֱזִ֥יק
vehekhezik
“and he seized”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-khe-ZIK
- Extended
- veh-heh-kheh-ZIK
- IPA
- /vəheħɛˈziːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he seized
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-he-khe-ZIK
- phraseyour reading level
ve-he-khe-ZIK LO
- clause
ve-sha-LAKH ET-ya-DO ve-he-khe-ZIK LO ve-na-SHAK LO
- sentence
ve-ha-YA bik-RAV-ISH le-hish-ta-kha-VOT LO ve-sha-LAKH ET-ya-DO ve-he-khe-ZIK LO ve-na-SHAK LO
Exegesis
A sequence of three waw-consecutive perfect verbs—veshalach {וְשָׁלַח | wə-šā-lāḥ}, wehechezik {וְהֶחֱזִ֥יק | wə-he-che-ziq}, and venashaq {וְנָשַׁק | wə-nā-šāq}—establishes a habitual pattern of greeting.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:5
And it happened that when a man approached to bow down to him, he would reach out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 15:5, so the Hebrew word וְהֶחֱזִ֥יק (vehekhezik) 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.15.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.5.W7.S1) and character.