2 Samuel 20:9:72 Sam.20.9.W7TAB
וַתֹּ֜חֶז
vatokhez
“and he seized”
- Transliteration
- va-TO-khez
- Extended
- vah-TOH-khehz
- IPA
- /vat.toːˈħɛz/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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Word in context
- word
va-TO-khez
- clause
va-TO-khez yad-ye-MIN yo-AV biz-KAN a-ma-SA lin-she-KA-lo
- sentence
va-YO-mer yo-AV la-a-ma-SA ha-sha-LOM a-TA a-KHI va-TO-khez yad-ye-MIN yo-AV biz-KAN a-ma-SA lin-she-KA-lo
Exegesis
The verb vatochez {וַתֹּחֶז | wā-ṯō-ḥêz} ‘and it seized’ shifts grammatical subject to the feminine noun yad {יַד | yáḏ} ‘hand’.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:9
Joab said to Amasa, “Is it peace with you, my brother?” And Joab grasped Amasa’s beard with his right hand to kiss him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:9:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 20:9, so the Hebrew word וַתֹּ֜חֶז (vatokhez) 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.20.9.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.9.W7.S1) and character.