Ezekiel 20:33:7Ezek.20.33.W7TAB
חֲזָקָה֙
khazaka
“strong”
- Transliteration
- kha-za-KA
- Extended
- khah-zah-KAA
- IPA
- /ħăzaˈqaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- strong
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-za-KA
- phraseyour reading level
be-YAD kha-za-KA
- clause
im-LO be-YAD kha-za-KA u-viz-RO-a ne-tu-YA u-ve-khe-MA she-fu-KHA em-LOKH a-le-KHEM
- sentence
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO be-YAD kha-za-KA u-viz-RO-a ne-tu-YA u-ve-khe-MA she-fu-KHA em-LOKH a-le-KHEM
Exegesis
The successive instrumental phrases beyad chazakah {בְּיָד חֲזָקָה | bə-yāḏ ḥazāqāh} ‘with a strong hand,’ ū-vizrōa netuyāh {וּבִזְרֹעַ נְטוּיָה | ū-vizrōaʿ nəṭûyāh} ‘and with an outstretched arm,’ and ū-vəḥēmāh šəp̄ûḵāh {וּבְחֵמָה שְׁפוּכָה | ū-vəḥēmāh šəp̄ûḵāh} ‘and with fury poured out’ employ parallelism for dramatic emphasis.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–zayin–qof
“to be strong, strengthen”
In context — Ezekiel 20:33
As I live, declares the Lord GOD , surely with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with fury poured out, I will reign over you.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:33:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Ezekiel 20:33, so the Hebrew word חֲזָקָה֙ (khazaka) 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 Ezek.20.33.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.33.W7.S1) and character.