BDB317 [H270]

Qal Perfect אָחַז Exod 15:14 +; אָֽחֲזָה Job 23:11; Isa 33:14 suffix אֲחָזַנִי 2Sam 1:9 1 singular suffix אֲחַזְתִּיו Song 3:4,etc.; Imperfect יאֹחֵז Job 17:9 +; וַיּ֫אֹחֶז 2Sam 6:6 3 feminine singular תּאֹחֵז Deut 32:41 וַתּאֹחֶז Ruth 3:15 וַתֹּחֶז 2Sam 20:9 וָאֹחֵז Judg 20:6 יאֹחֵזוּן Isa 13:8 suffix יאֹחֲזֵ֫מוֺ Exod 15:15 יאֹחֱזוּךְ Jer 13:21, etc.; — as ׳פ guttural וַיֶּאֱחֹז Judg 16:3; 1Kgs 6:10 2 masculine singular תֶּאֱחֹז Eccl 7:18 Infinitive אֲחֹז 1Kgs 6:6 אֱחֹז 1Chr 13:9 + 3 t.; Imperative אֱחֹז Exod 4:4; 2Sam 2:21, אֶחֳזִיֿ Ruth 3:15 אֶחֱזוּ Song 2:15 אֱחֹ֑זוּ Neh 7:3 Participle active אֹחֵז 2Chr 25:5 passive אָחוּז Esth 1:6, etc.; — grasp, take hold of, followed by בְּ Gen 25:26; Exod 4:4 (both J) Judg 16:3; Judg 20:6 ( = וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּ Judg 19:29) 2Sam 4:10; 2Sam 6:6; 2Sam 20:9; 1Kgs 1:51; Ruth 3:15 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 6:6 of beams having hold in a wall; (compare בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶָֽחֱזֶה֑ Job 8:17 Hoffm reads יֹחֲזָה = ׳יאֹ); also Song 7:9 of taking hold of branches, in metaphor; poetic, figurative, of God's seizing man in wrath Job 16:12 taking hold graciously Ps 73:23 taking hold of judgment Deut 32:41 subject man בַּאֲשֻׁרוֺ אָֽחֲזָה רַגְלִי Job 23:11 (|| דַּרְכּוֺ שָׁמַרְתִּי compare also Job 17:9); of taking hold of folly Eccl 2:3 compare Eccl 7:18 subject הַשַּׁחַר Job 38:13, לֶאֱחֹו בְּכַנְפוֺת הָאָ֑רֶץ; also followed by accusative Judg 1:6; Judg 12:6; Judg 16:21; 2Sam 2:21; Isa 5:29; Song 2:15; Song 3:4; 1Chr 13:9; 2Chr 25:5; Ps 56:1; Ps 137:9 compare 1Kgs 6:10 (compare v1Kgs 6:6 above), subject הַיָּצוּעַ, אֶתֿ ׳וַיֶּא הַבַּיִת בַּעֲצֵי אֲרָזִים; of a snare catching the heel, in metaphor Job 18:9 figurative, subject God Ps 77:5 God's hand Ps 139:10 subject pain, sorrow, fear, etc. Exod 15:14; Exod 15:15; 2Sam 1:9; Job 21:6; Job 30:16; Ps 48:7; Ps 119:53; Isa 21:3; Isa 33:14; Jer 13:21; Jer 49:24 subject man, object fear, etc. Job 18:20; Isa 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 ƒabâtu ur—u, e. g. V. R:1, 74); — absolute Neh 7:3 of barring gates; passive participle caught Eccl 9:12 fastened, held Esth 1:6 taken (by lot) 1Chr 24:6 (3 t. in verse) (on text see Öttli); taken out of a number Num 31:30; Num 31:47 participle active of same form אֲחֻזֵי חֶרֶב Song 3:8 compare Thes Ba^{NB 175 & Ethiopic Participle}.; similarly Aramaic אָחִיד, e.g. ᵑ7 Amos 2:5 e.g. ᵑ6 Judg 8:10; 1Chr 5:18 & Ezek 41:6 (twice in verse) (but see Co). Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נאֹחֲזוּ Josh 22:9 ׳וְנאֹ (consecutive) Num 32:30 Imperfect וַיֵּאָחֲזוּ Gen 47:27 Imperative הֵאָֽחֲזוּ Gen 34:10; Josh 22:19 Participle נֶאֱחָז Gen 22:13 נֶאֱחָזִים Eccl 9:12 — be caught Gen 22:13; Eccl 9:12 elsewhere have possessions Gen 34:10; Gen 47:27; Num 32:30; Josh 22:9; Josh 22:19 (P). Pi`el Participle מְאַחֵז Job 26:9 with accusative enclose, overlay (so Assyrian Dl^{W, p. 294}, compare Arabic , shut). Hoph`al Participle plural מָאֳחָזִים 2Chr 9:18 fastened to followed by לְ.