Judges 16:26:4Judg.16.26.W4TAB
הַמַּחֲזִ֣יק
hamakhazik
“the one holding”
- Transliteration
- ha-ma-kha-ZIK
- Extended
- hah-mah-khah-ZIHK
- IPA
- /ham.maħăˈziq/
Meaning by language
- English
- the one holding
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ma-kha-ZIK
- phraseyour reading level
el-ha-NA-ar ha-ma-kha-ZIK be-ya-DO
- clause
va-yo-MER shim-sHON el-ha-NA-ar ha-ma-kha-ZIK be-ya-DO ha-ni-KHA o-TI ve-him-she-NI va-ha-mi-SHE-ni et-ha-a-mu-DIM a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM
- sentence
va-yo-MER shim-sHON el-ha-NA-ar ha-ma-kha-ZIK be-ya-DO ha-ni-KHA o-TI ve-him-she-NI va-ha-mi-SHE-ni et-ha-a-mu-DIM a-SHER ha-BA-yit na-KHON a-le-HEM ve-esh-a-EN a-le-HEM
Exegesis
The phrase el-hanaar {אֶל־הַנַּ֨עַר | ʾel-hannaʿar} ‘to the youth’ with hamakhazik {הַמַּחֲזִ֣יק | ham-maḥă-zîq} ‘holding’ and beyado {בְּיָדוֹ | bə-yā-dō} ‘in his hand’ identifies the attendant’s role.
In context — Judges 16:26
And Samson said to the youth who was holding him by the hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house stands, that I may lean on them.”
About this coordinate
Judges 16:26:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 16:26, so the Hebrew word הַמַּחֲזִ֣יק (hamakhazik) 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 Judg.16.26.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.26.W4.S1) and character.