Proverbs 7:13:3Prov.7.13.W3TAB
הֵעֵ֥זָה
heeza
“she made bold or acted brazenly”
- Transliteration
- he-e-ZA
- Extended
- hee-eh-ZAA
- IPA
- /heː.ʕɛˈzaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- she made bold or acted brazenly
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
he-e-ZA
- phraseyour reading level
he-e-ZA fa-NE-ha
- clause
he-e-ZA fa-NE-ha va-TO-mar LO
- sentence
ve-he-khe-ZI-ka-BO ve-NASH-ka-LO he-e-ZA fa-NE-ha va-TO-mar LO
Exegesis
The verse features a rapid sequence of feminine singular verbs linked by vav-consecutive: vehechezika {וְהֶחֱזִ֣יקָה־ | vĕ-hĕ-ḥě-zî-qā} ‘and she seized’, venashka {וְנָשְׁקָה־ | wĕ-nā-šə-qā} ‘and she kissed’, and heezah {הֵעֵזָה | hē-ʿê-zā} ‘she made bold’.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-zayin-he
“to make bold”
In context — Proverbs 7:13
Then she seized him and kissed him; with a brazen face she said to him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 7:13:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 7:13, so the Hebrew word הֵעֵ֥זָה (heeza) 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 Prov.7.13.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.7.13.W3.S1) and character.