Jeremiah 21:5:7Jer.21.5.W7TAB
חֲזָקָ֑ה
khazaka
“strong”
- Transliteration
- kha-za-KA
- Extended
- khah-zah-KAA
- IPA
- /ħăzaːˈqaː/
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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Word in context
- word
kha-za-KA
- phraseyour reading level
u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA
- clause
ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI it-te-KHEM be-YAD ne-tu-YA u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA
- sentence
ve-nil-kham-TI a-NI it-te-KHEM be-YAD ne-tu-YA u-viz-ro-A kha-za-KA u-ve-AF u-ve-khe-MA u-ve-KE-tsef ga-DOL
Exegesis
The sequential prepositional expressions be-yad netuyah {בְּיָד נְטוּיָה | bə-yāḏ nə-ṭû-yāh} ‘with an outstretched hand’ and u-bizroa hazakah {וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ חֲזָקָה | û-ḇiz-rō-aʿ ḥă-zā-qāh} ‘and with a strong arm’ employ martial imagery.
In context — Jeremiah 21:5
I will myself wage war against you with an outstretched hand and a powerful arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 21:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Jeremiah 21:5, so the Hebrew word חֲזָקָ֑ה (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 Jer.21.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.21.5.W7.S1) and character.