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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;
dycoAf e.g.
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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