Zechariah 14:13:8Zech.14.13.W8TAB
וְהֶחֱזִ֗יקוּ
vehekheziku
“and they will seize or hold fast”
- Transliteration
- ve-he-khe-ZI-ku
- Extended
- veh-heh-kheh-ZIH-koo
- IPA
- /vəhɛħɛˈziːquː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they will seize or hold fast
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-he-khe-ZI-ku
- clause
ve-he-khe-ZI-ku ISH YAD re-E-HU ve-al-TA ya-DO al-YAD re-E-HU
- sentence
ve-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU ti-he-YE me-hu-MAT-ye-ho-VAH ra-BA ba-HEM ve-he-khe-ZI-ku ISH YAD re-E-HU ve-al-TA ya-DO al-YAD re-E-HU
Exegesis
The coordinated clauses wehecheziku ish yad reʿehu {וְהֶחֱזִיקוּ אִישׁ יַד רֵעֵהוּ | wə-he-ḥĕ-zî-qû ʾîš yād rē-ʿê-hû} ‘and they will seize the hand of a neighbor’ and vealatah yado al yad reʿehu {וְעָלְתָה יָד֖וֹ עַל־יַד רֵעֵהוּ | wə-ʿāl-tāh ya-dô ʿal yād rē-ʿê-hû} ‘and a hand will arise against another’ depict reciprocal aggression highlighting social collapse.
In context — Zechariah 14:13
And on that day there will be a great tumult from the LORD among them; each man will seize the hand of his neighbor and his hand will rise against the hand of his neighbor.
About this coordinate
Zechariah 14:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Zechariah 14:13, so the Hebrew word וְהֶחֱזִ֗יקוּ (vehekheziku) 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 Zech.14.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.14.13.W8.S1) and character.