Judges 16:3:8Judg.16.3.W8TAB
וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞ז
vayeekhoz
“and he seized”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-e-KHOZ
- Extended
- vah-yeh-eh-KHOHZ
- IPA
- /vaj.je.ʔɛˈħoːz/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he seized
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-e-KHOZ
- clause
va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV
- sentence
va-yish-KAV shim-SHON ad-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ya-KAM ba-kha-TSI ha-LAI-la va-ye-e-KHOZ be-dal-TOT SHA-ar-ha-IR u-vish-TEI ha-me-zu-ZOT va-yis-sa-EM im-ha-be-ri-AKH va-ya-SEM al-ke-te-FAIV va-ya-a-LEM el-ROSH ha-HAR a-SHER al-pe-NEI khev-RON
In context — Judges 16:3
Samson lay down until midnight, and then he arose and grasped the doors of the city gate along with the two doorposts, carried them together with the bolt, placed them on his shoulders, and brought them up to the top of the mountain that faces Hebron .
About this coordinate
Judges 16:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 16:3, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞ז (vayeekhoz) 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.16.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.3.W8.S1) and character.