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אָחַז 68 verb grasp, take hold, take possession (Arabic 
أَخَذَ, Sabean 
אחֿדֿ Sab. Denkm.
39, Aramaic 
אֲחַד, 
dfoAe  Assyrian 
aḫazu, Ethiopic 
አኀዘ፡) — 
Qal Perfect אָחַז Exodus 15:14 +; 
אָֽחֲזָה Job 23:11; 
Isaiah 33:14; suffix 
אֲחָזַנִי 2 Samuel 1:9; 
1st person singular suffix 
אֲחַזְתִּיו Songs 3:4, etc.; 
Imperfect יאֹחֵז Job 17:9 +; 
וַיּ֫אֹחֶז 2 Samuel 6:6; 
3rd person feminine singular תּאֹחֵז Deuteronomy 32:41; 
וַתּאֹחֶז Ruth 3:15; 
וַתֹּחֶז 2 Samuel 20:9; 
וָאֹחֵז Judges 20:6; 
יאֹחֵזוּן Isaiah 13:8; 
suffix יאֹחֲזֵ֫מוֺ Exodus 15:15; 
יאֹחֱזוּךְ Jeremiah 13:21, etc.; — as 
פ׳ guttural 
וַיֶּאֱחֹז Judges 16:3; 
1 Kings 6:10; 
2nd person masculine singular תֶּאֱחֹז Ecclesiastes 7:18; 
Infinitive אֲחֹז 1 Kings 6:6; 
אֱחֹז 1 Chronicles 13:9 + 
3 times; 
Imperative אֱחֹז Exodus 4:4; 
2 Samuel 2:21, 
אֶחֳזִי־ Ruth 3:15; 
אֶחֱזוּ Songs 2:15; 
אֱחֹ֑זוּ Nehemiah 7:3; 
Participle active אֹחֵז 2 Chronicles 25:5; 
passive אָחוּז Esther 1:6, etc.; — 
grasp, take hold of, followed by 
בְּ Genesis 25:26; 
Exodus 4:4 (both J) 
Judges 16:3; 
Judges 20:6)=
וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּ Judges 19:29) 
2 Samuel 4:10; 
2 Samuel 6:6; 
2 Samuel 20:9; 
1 Kings 1:51; 
Ruth 3:15 (twice in verse); 
1 Kings 6:6 of beams having hold in a wall; (compare 
בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶָֽחֱזֶה֑ Job 8:17; Hoffm reads 
יֹחֲזָה =
יאֹ׳); also 
Cant 7:9 of taking hold of branches, in metaphor; poetic, figurative, of God's seizing man in wrath 
Job 16:12; taking hold graciously 
Psalm 73:23; taking hold of judgment 
Deuteronomy 32:41; subject man 
בַּאֲשֻׁרוֺ אָֽחֲזָה רַגְלִי Job 23:11 (|| 
דַּרְכּוֺ שָׁמַרְתִּי compare also 
Job 17:9); of taking hold of folly 
Ecclesiastes 2:3; compare 
Ecclesiastes 7:18; subject 
הַשַּׁחַר Job 38:13, 
לֶאֱחֹו בְּכַנְפוֺת הָאָ֑רֶץ; also followed by accusative 
Judges 1:6; 
Judges 12:6; 
Judges 16:21; 
2 Samuel 2:21; 
Isaiah 5:29; 
Songs 2:15; 
Songs 3:4; 
1 Chronicles 13:9; 
2 Chronicles 25:5; 
Psalm 56:1; 
Psalm 137:9; compare 
1 Kings 6:10 (compare 
1 Kings 6:6 above), subject 
הַיָּצוּעַ, 
אֶת־ וַיֶּא׳ הַבַּיִת בַּעֲצֵי אֲרָזִים; of a snare catching the heel, in metaphor 
Job 18:9; figurative, subject God 
Psalm 77:5; God's hand 
Psalm 139:10; subject pain, sorrow, fear, etc. 
Exodus 15:14, 
15; 
2 Samuel 1:9; 
Job 21:6; 
Job 30:16; 
Psalm 48:7; 
Psalm 119:53; 
Isaiah 21:3; 
Isaiah 33:14; 
Jeremiah 13:21; 
Jeremiah 49:24; subject man, object fear, etc. 
Job 18:20; 
Isaiah 13:8; object 
דֶּרֶךְ take one's way Job 17:9 יאֹחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכּוֺ AV RV 
hold on his way (compare 
Job 23:11 above, & Assyrian 
ṣabâtu urḫu, e. g. V. R:
1, 74); — absolute 
Nehemiah 7:3 of barring gates; passive participle 
caught Ecclesiastes 9:12; 
fastened, held Esther 1:6; 
taken (by lot) 
1 Chronicles 24:6 (
3 times in verse) (on text see Öttli); 
taken out of a number 
Numbers 31:30, 
47; participle active of same form 
אֲחֻזֵי חֶרֶב Songs 3:8 compare Thes Ba
NB 175 & Ethiopic Participle.; similarly Aramaic 
אָחִיד, e.g. 
 Amos 2:5
 Amos 2:5; 
dycoAf  e.g. 
 Judges 8:10
 Judges 8:10; 
1 Chronicles 5:18; & 
Ezekiel 41:6 (twice in verse) (but see Co). 
Niph. Perfect 3rd person plural נאֹחֲזוּ Joshua 22:9; 
וְנאֹ׳ (consecutive) 
Numbers 32:30; 
Imperfect וַיֵּאָחֲזוּ Genesis 47:27; 
Imperative הֵאָֽחֲזוּ Genesis 34:10; 
Joshua 22:19; 
Participle נֶאֱחָז Genesis 22:13; 
נֶאֱחָזִים Ecclesiastes 9:12; — 
be caught Genesis 22:13; 
Ecclesiastes 9:12; elsewhere 
have possessions Genesis 34:10; 
Genesis 47:27; 
Numbers 32:30; 
Joshua 22:9, 
19 (P). 
Pi. Participle מְאַחֵז Job 26:9 with accusative 
enclose, overlay (so Assyrian Dl
W, p. 294, compare Arabic 
doA, 
shut). 
Hoph. Participle plural 
מָאֳחָזִים 2 Chronicles 9:18 fastened to followed by 
לְ.
														
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