Proverbs 8:28:4Prov.8.28.W4TAB
בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז
baazoz
“when he strengthened”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-ZOZ
- Extended
- bah-ah-ZOHZ
- IPA
- /ba.ʕăˈzoːz/
Meaning by language
- English
- when he strengthened
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Zayin | z as in zero |
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Word in context
- word
ba-a-ZOZ
- clause
ba-a-ZOZ i-NOT te-HOM
- sentence
be-AM-tso she-kha-KIM mim-MA-al ba-a-ZOZ i-NOT te-HOM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the prepositional phrase be'amtso {בְּאַמְּצ֣וֹ | bəʾamṣō} ‘in his strengthening’ functioning as a temporal marker, paired with ba'azoz {בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז | baʿăzōz} ‘in strengthening’, framing two acts of divine establishment.
In context — Proverbs 8:28
When He made firm the clouds above, when He strengthened the springs of the deep,
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Proverbs 8:28, so the Hebrew word בַּ֝עֲז֗וֹז (baazoz) 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.8.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.28.W4.S1) and character.