Deuteronomy 22:25:7Deut.22.25.W7TAB
וְהֶחֱזִ֥יק
vehekhezik
“and seizes”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-khe-ZIK
- Extended
- veh-heh-khe-ZEEK
- IPA
- /vəħɛxɛˈziːk/
Meaning by language
- English
- and seizes
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 BAH
- clause
ve-KHI-yi-he-YEH ISH be-SA-deh ye-fa-GESH i-SHA ham-e-o-ra-SA ve-he-khe-ZIK BAH ha-ISH ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH
- sentence
ve-KHI-yi-he-YEH ISH be-SA-deh ye-fa-GESH i-SHA ham-e-o-ra-SA ve-he-khe-ZIK BAH ha-ISH ve-sha-KHAV im-MAH u-MET ha-ISH a-SHER-sha-KHAV im-MAH
Exegesis
The hifil perfect in ve-hechezik-bah {וְהֶחֱזִיק־בָּהּ | wə-hɛ-ḥe-zik-bāh} ‘and he seizes her’ intensifies the action, leading to veshakhav {וְשָׁכַב | wə-ša-ḵav} ‘and he lies’.
Root and etymology
ḥ-z-qchet–zayin–qof
“to seize”
In context — Deuteronomy 22:25
But if in the field the man finds the young woman who is engaged , and the man seizes her and lies with her, then the man who lay with her alone shall die.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:25:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 22:25, 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 Deut.22.25.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.25.W7.S1) and character.