Deuteronomy 22:25:6Deut.22.25.W6PAT
וְהֶחֱזִיק־בָּ֣הּ
vehhehkhezikbah
“seizes”
- Transliteration
- veh-heh-khe-ZIK-bah
- Extended
- veh-heh-khe-ZEEK-bah
- IPA
- /vəhɛxɛˈziːk.baːh/
Meaning by language
- English
- seizes
- French
- saisit
- Spanish
- agarra
- Portuguese
- agarra
- German
- ergreift
- Russian
- хватает
- Arabic-Simplified
- يمسك
- Hindi
- पकड़े
- Chinese-Simplified
- 抓住
- Korean
- 붙잡고
- Indonesian
- menangkap
- Bengali
- ধরে
- Tagalog
- sumunggab
- Swahili
- anashika
- Amharic
- ይይዛል
- Yoruba
- mu
- Igbo
- jide
- Twi
- kyere
- Ewe
- xɔ
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
veh-heh-khe-ZIK-bah
- phraseyour reading level
veh-heh-khe-ZIK-bah ha-ISH veh-sha-KHAV im-MAH
- clause
ham-e-o-ra-SAH veh-heh-khe-ZIK-bah ha-ISH veh-sha-KHAV im-MAH oo-MET ha-ISH a-SHER-sha-KHAV im-MAH
- sentence
veh-im-bah-SAH-deh yim-TSA ha-ISH et-ha-na-a-RA ham-e-o-ra-SAH veh-heh-khe-ZIK-bah ha-ISH veh-sha-KHAV im-MAH oo-MET ha-ISH a-SHER-sha-KHAV im-MAH leh-vad-DO
In context — Deuteronomy 22:25
but if in the field finds the young woman the man betrothed seizes the man lies dies with her the man who lay with her alone
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 22:25:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 22:25, so the Hebrew word וְהֶחֱזִיק־בָּ֣הּ (vehhehkhezikbah) 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 Deut.22.25.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.22.25.W6.S1) and character.