Isaiah 21:3:6Isa.21.3.W6TAB
אֲחָז֔וּנִי
akhazuni
“have seized me”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-ZU-ni
- Extended
- ah-khah-ZOO-nee
- IPA
- /ʔăħɔːˈzuːniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- have seized me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-kha-ZU-ni
- phraseyour reading level
tsi-ri-IM a-kha-ZU-ni
- clause
al-KEHN ma-le-U ma-te-NAI khal-kha-LA tsi-ri-IM a-kha-ZU-ni ke-tsi-RE yo-LE-da
- sentence
al-KEHN ma-le-U ma-te-NAI khal-kha-LA tsi-ri-IM a-kha-ZU-ni ke-tsi-RE yo-LE-da na-e-VE-ti mish-she-MO-a niv-ha-AL-ti me-re-OT
Exegesis
The perfect ’ăḥāzûnî {אֲחָזוּנִי | ’ăḥāzûnî} ‘they have seized me’ is expanded by the simile kə-ṣîrêy yôlêḏāh {כְּצִירֵי יֽוֹלֵדָה | kə-ṣîrêy yôlêḏāh} ‘like the pangs of a woman in labor’.
In context — Isaiah 21:3
Therefore my loins are filled with anguish; pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman in labor. I was bent over so that I could scarcely hear , and I was dismayed so that I could scarcely see .
About this coordinate
Isaiah 21:3:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Isaiah 21:3, so the Hebrew word אֲחָז֔וּנִי (akhazuni) 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 Isa.21.3.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.21.3.W6.S1) and character.