וְעָצ֖וּם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְעָצ֖וּם

   ve-a-TSUM

   and mighty
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם

   be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM

   with a great army and mighty
3. clause🔊 וְיָעֵר֩ כֹּח֨וֹ וּלְבָב֜וֹ עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב֮ בְּחַ֣יִל גָּדוֹל֒ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּ֗גֶב יִתְגָּרֶה֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם עַד־מְאֹ֑ד

   ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD

   and will stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with an army great and the king of the south will wage war with a great army and mighty very
4. sentence🔊 וְיָעֵר֩ כֹּח֨וֹ וּלְבָב֜וֹ עַל־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב֮ בְּחַ֣יִל גָּדוֹל֒ וּמֶ֣לֶךְ הַנֶּ֗גֶב יִתְגָּרֶה֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם עַד־מְאֹ֑ד וְלֹ֣א יַעֲמֹ֔ד כִּֽי־יַחְשְׁב֥וּ עָלָ֖יו מַחֲשָׁבֽוֹת׃

   ve-ya-ER ko-KHO u-le-va-VO al-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev be-kha-YEEL ga-DOL u-ME-lekh ha-NE-gev yit-ga-RE lam-mil-kha-MA be-kha-YEEL-ga-DOL ve-a-TSUM ad-me-OD ve-LO ya-a-MOD ki-yakh-she-VU a-LA-v ma-kha-sha-VOT

   and will stir up his power and his heart against the king of the south with an army great and the king of the south will wage war with a great army and mighty very and not will stand for they will devise against him plans

Exegesis

The subsequent phrase be-ḥayil-gadol ve-ʿaṣum ʿad-meod {בְּחַֽיִל־גָּד֥וֹל וְעָצ֖וּם עַד־מְאֹ֑ד | bə-ḥă-yil-gā-dōl wə-ʿāṣ-ûm ʿad-mə-ʾōḏ} ‘with a great and exceedingly mighty force’ intensifies through parallelism.