Joshua 14:11:3Josh.14.11.W3TAB
חָזָ֗ק
khazak
“strong”
- Transliteration
- kha-ZAK
- Extended
- khah-ZAAK
- IPA
- /ħaːˈzaq/
Meaning by language
- English
- strong
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
kha-ZAK
- clause
o-de-NI ha-YOM kha-ZAK ka-a-SHER be-YOM she-LO-akh o-TI mo-SHEH ke-KO-khi AZ u-ke-KO-khi a-TAH
- sentence
o-de-NI ha-YOM kha-ZAK ka-a-SHER be-YOM she-LO-akh o-TI mo-SHEH ke-KO-khi AZ u-ke-KO-khi a-TAH la-mil-kha-MAH ve-la-TSET ve-la-VO
Exegesis
The nominal phrase hayom chazak {הַיּוֹם חָזָק | ha-yôm ḥā-zāq} ‘today strong’ affirms present capacity.
Root and etymology
ח־ז־ק
“to be strong”
In context — Joshua 14:11
Even today I am as strong as I was on the day Moses sent me; my strength then is my strength now, for battle and for going out and coming in.
About this coordinate
Joshua 14:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 14:11, so the Hebrew word חָזָ֗ק (khazak) 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 Josh.14.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.11.W3.S1) and character.