Genesis 21:18:4Gen.21.18.W4TAB
וְהַחֲזִ֥יקִי
vehakhaziki
“hold”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-kha-ZI-ki
- Extended
- veh-hah-khah-ZEE-kee
- IPA
- /wə.ha.ħă.ˈziː.qiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- hold
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-ha-kha-ZI-ki
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ha-kha-ZI-ki et-ya-DEKH
- clause
ku-MI se-I et-ha-NA-ar ve-ha-kha-ZI-ki et-ya-DEKH BO
- sentence
ku-MI se-I et-ha-NA-ar ve-ha-kha-ZI-ki et-ya-DEKH BO ki-le-GOY ga-DOL a-si-MEN-nu
Exegesis
The particle et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} marks ha-na'ar {הַנַּ֔עַר | han-naʿar} ‘the boy’ as the direct object, which is then taken up by the coordinating Hiphil imperative ve-hachaziki {וְהַחֲזִ֥יקִי | wə-haḥă-zî-qî} ‘and grasp,’ with et yadeikh bo {אֶת־יָדֵךְ בּוֹ | ʾeṯ yā-ḏēḵ bô} conveying the idiom ‘take him by the hand.’
In context — Genesis 21:18
Arise, lift up the boy , and grasp him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 21:18, so the Hebrew word וְהַחֲזִ֥יקִי (vehakhaziki) 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 Gen.21.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.18.W4.S1) and character.