Job 16:12:4Job.16.12.W4TAB
וְאָחַ֣ז
veakhaz
“and he seized or grasped”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-KHAZ
- Extended
- veh-ah-KHAZ
- IPA
- /wəʔaˈħaz/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he seized or grasped
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-KHAZ
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-KHAZ be-ar-PI va-ye-fats-pe-TSEN-ni
- clause
sha-LEV ha-YI-ti va-ye-far-pe-RE-ni ve-a-KHAZ be-ar-PI va-ye-fats-pe-TSEN-ni
- sentence
sha-LEV ha-YI-ti va-ye-far-pe-RE-ni ve-a-KHAZ be-ar-PI va-ye-fats-pe-TSEN-ni va-ye-ki-ME-ni LO le-mat-TA-RA
Exegesis
The disjunctive divider ׀ then introduces a rapid series of wayyiqtol forms: vayefarpereni {וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי | wayəparpərēnî} ‘and He tore me apart,’ veachaz {וְאָחַ֣ז | wəʾāḥaz} ‘and He seized,’ and bearpi {בְּ֭עָרְפִּי | bəʿārep̄î} ‘by my neck.’ These intensive Piel forms heighten the sense of violence.
In context — Job 16:12
I was at ease , but He tore me apart; He seized me by my neck and crushed me, and He set me up for Himself as a target .
About this coordinate
Job 16:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 16:12, so the Hebrew word וְאָחַ֣ז (veakhaz) 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 Job.16.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.12.W4.S1) and character.