Exodus 19:16:14Exod.19.16.W14TAB
חָזָ֣ק
khazak
“strong”
- Transliteration
- kha-ZAK
- Extended
- khah-ZAAK
- IPA
- /ħaˈzaːq/
Meaning by language
- English
- strong
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-ZAK
- phraseyour reading level
kha-ZAK me-OD
- clause
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE bi-he-YOT ha-BO-ker va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM ve-a-NAAN ka-VED al-ha-HAR ve-KOL sho-FAR kha-ZAK me-OD
- sentence
va-ye-HI ba-YOM ha-SHE-li-SHEE bi-he-YOT ha-BO-ker va-ye-HI ko-LOT oo-be-ra-KEEM ve-a-NAAN ka-VED al-ha-HAR ve-KOL sho-FAR kha-ZAK me-OD va-ye-khe-RAD kol-ha-AM a-SHER ba-ma-kha-NEH
Exegesis
The clause vekol shofar chazak meod {וְקֹל שֹׁפָר חָזָק מְאֹד | wə-qōl šō-fār ḥā-zāq mə-ʾōḏ} places emphasis on the intense blast from the horn.
In context — Exodus 19:16
On the third day, when morning arrived, there were sounds and lightnings, and a heavy cloud lay on the mountain; the sound of a shofar was extremely loud, and all the people in the camp trembled.
About this coordinate
Exodus 19:16:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Exodus 19:16, so the Hebrew word חָזָ֣ק (khazak) 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 Exod.19.16.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.19.16.W14.S1) and character.