Lexicon entry · Hebrew
H0270אָחַזa.chaz
to graspPart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.
תֶּאֱחֹ֣ז te.'e.Choz “you will take hold”
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
שֶׁנֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙ (נֶּֽאֱחָזִים֙) ne.'e.cha.Zim “[are] caught”הָאֲחֻז֖וֹת (אֲחֻז֖וֹת) 'a.chu.Zot “are caught”
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, That spoil the vineyards; For our vineyards are in blossom.
אֶֽחֱזוּ־ 'e.che.zu- “seize”
It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ (אֲחַזְתִּי) 'a.chaz.Ti “I grasped”
They all handle the sword, [supplied: and] are expert in war: Every man hath his sword upon his thigh, Because of fear in the night.
אֲחֻ֣זֵי 'a.Chu.zei “[are] grasped of”
I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,
אֹֽחֲזָ֖ה 'o.cha.Zah “I will take hold”
their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.
וְיֹאחֵ֣ז (יֹאחֵ֣ז) yo.Chez “it may seize”
and they shall be dismayed; pangs and sorrows shall take hold [supplied: of them]; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail: they shall look in amazement one at another; their faces [supplied: shall be] faces of flame.
יֹֽאחֵז֔וּן (יֹֽאחֵז֔וּ) yo.che.Zu “they will seize [them]”
Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.
אֲחָז֔וּנִי (אֲחָז֔וּ) 'a.cha.Zu. “they have seized”
The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?
אָחֲזָ֥ה 'a.cha.Zah “it has seized”
What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?
יֹאחֱז֔וּךְ (יֹאחֱז֔וּ) yo.che.Zu “will they seize”
Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.
אֲחָזַ֖תָּה (אֲחָזַ֖תָּ) 'a.cha.Za.ta “it will seize”
And the side-chambers were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side-chambers round about, that they might have hold [supplied: therein], and not have hold in the wall of the house.
אֲחוּזִ֑ים 'a.chu.Zim “supports”אֲחוּזִ֖ים 'a.chu.Zim “supports”