Job 17:9:1Job.17.9.W1TAB
וְיֹאחֵ֣ז
veyokhez
“and he holds fast”
- Transliteration
- ve-yo-KHEZ
- Extended
- veh-yoh-a-KHEEZ
- IPA
- /vajoˈʔaħeːz/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he holds fast
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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Word in context
- word
ve-yo-KHEZ
- clause
ve-yo-KHEZ tsa-DIK dar-KO
- sentence
ve-yo-KHEZ tsa-DIK dar-KO u-to-HAR-ya-DA-yim yo-SIF O-mets
Exegesis
In the first colon, the verb-first clause veyohez {וְיֹאחֵ֣ז | wə-yōʾḥēz} ‘and he will hold fast’ places emphasis on persistence, with tsaddiq {צַדִּ֣יק | ṣad-dîq} ‘righteous’ functioning as the subject and darko {דַּרְכּ֑וֹ | dār-kô} ‘his way’ specifying a settled course of life.
In context — Job 17:9
And the righteous will hold fast to his way, and the clean-handed will increase in strength.
About this coordinate
Job 17:9:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Job 17:9, so the Hebrew word וְיֹאחֵ֣ז (veyokhez) 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.17.9.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.17.9.W1.S1) and character.