Joshua 17:13:3Josh.17.13.W3TAB
חָזְקוּ֙
khazku
“they became strong”
- Transliteration
- khaz-KU
- Extended
- khahz-KOO
- IPA
- /ħaˈzkuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they became strong
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
khaz-KU
- phraseyour reading level
KI khaz-KU
- clause
va-ye-HI KI khaz-KU be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-NU et-hak-ke-na-a-NI la-MAS
- sentence
va-ye-HI KI khaz-KU be-NEI yis-ra-EL va-yit-NU et-hak-ke-na-a-NI la-MAS ve-ho-RESH LO ho-ri-SHO
Exegesis
The perfect verb chazku {חֽ͏ָזְקוּ֙ | ḥā·zqû} ‘they grew strong’ describes Israel’s rising power and is followed by the vav-consecutive verb vayitnu {וַיִּתְּנ֥וּ | way·yiṯ·nû} ‘and they put’, which takes et {אֶת־ | ʾet} as a direct object marker before the definite noun hakena‘ani {הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖י | hak·kən·aʿ·ăn·nî} ‘the Canaanite’, indicating focus on the affected population.
Root and etymology
ח־ז־ק
“to be strong, prevail”
In context — Joshua 17:13
And it happened, when the sons of Israel grew strong, they subjected the Canaanite to forced labor , but dispossessed him they did not.
About this coordinate
Joshua 17:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 17:13, so the Hebrew word חָזְקוּ֙ (khazku) 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.17.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.17.13.W3.S1) and character.