Isaiah 22:21:4Isa.22.21.W4TAB
אֲחַזְּקֶ֔נּוּ
akhazzekenu
“I will bind him”
- Transliteration
- a-khaz-ze-KE-nu
- Extended
- ah-khahz-zeh-KEH-noo
- IPA
- /ʔăħaz.zəˈqɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will bind him
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-khaz-ze-KE-nu
- clause
ve-hil-bash-TI-v ku-tan-TE-kha ve-av-NET-kha a-khaz-ze-KE-nu u-mem-she-le-TE-kha e-TEN be-YA-do
- sentence
ve-hil-bash-TI-v ku-tan-TE-kha ve-av-NET-kha a-khaz-ze-KE-nu u-mem-she-le-TE-kha e-TEN be-YA-do ve-ha-YA le-AV le-yo-SHEV ye-ru-sha-LA-yim u-le-VET ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The construct phrase kutantkha {כֻּתָּנְתֶּךָ | qu-ṭān-te-kha} ‘your tunic’ is then specified before the Hiphil imperfect achazkennu {אֲחַזְּקֶנּוּ | ʾă-ḥaz-ḳə-nnû} ‘I will bind him,’ which denotes the investiture act of affixing the ceremonial sash.
In context — Isaiah 22:21
And I will clothe him with your tunic , and I will bind your sash on him, and I will place your authority into his hand, and he will be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 22:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 22:21, so the Hebrew word אֲחַזְּקֶ֔נּוּ (akhazzekenu) 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.22.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.22.21.W4.S1) and character.