אָחַז

Qal Perfect אָחַז 2 Mos 15,14 +; אָֽחֲזָה Job 23,11; Es 33,14 suffix אֲחָזַנִי 2 Sam 1,9 1 singular suffix אֲחַזְתִּיו Hoj 3,4,etc.; Imperfect יאֹחֵז Job 17,9 +; וַיּ֫אֹחֶז 2 Sam 6,6 3 feminine singular תּאֹחֵז 5 Mos 32,41 וַתּאֹחֶז Rut 3,15 וַתֹּחֶז 2 Sam 20,9 וָאֹחֵז Dom 20,6 יאֹחֵזוּן Es 13,8 suffix יאֹחֲזֵ֫מוֺ 2 Mos 15,15 יאֹחֱזוּךְ Jer 13,21, etc.; — as ׳פ guttural וַיֶּאֱחֹז Dom 16,3; 1 Kong 6,10 2 masculine singular תֶּאֱחֹז Praed 7,18 Infinitive אֲחֹז 1 Kong 6,6 אֱחֹז 1 Kron 13,9 + 3 t.; Imperative אֱחֹז 2 Mos 4,4; 2 Sam 2,21, אֶחֳזִיֿ Rut 3,15 אֶחֱזוּ Hoj 2,15 אֱחֹ֑זוּ Neh 7,3 Participle active אֹחֵז 2 Kron 25,5 passive אָחוּז Est 1,6, etc.; — grasp, take hold of, followed by בְּ 1 Mos 25,26; 2 Mos 4,4 (both J) Dom 16,3; Dom 20,6 ( = וַיַּחֲזֵק בְּ Dom 19,29) 2 Sam 4,10; 2 Sam 6,6; 2 Sam 20,9; 1 Kong 1,51; Rut 3,15 (twice in verse); 1 Kong 6,6 of beams having hold in a wall; (compare בֵּית אֲבָנִים יֶָֽחֱזֶה֑ Job 8,17 Hoffm reads יֹחֲזָה = ׳יאֹ); also Hoj 7,9 of taking hold of branches, in metaphor; poetic, figurative, of God's seizing man in wrath Job 16,12 taking hold graciously Sl 73,23 taking hold of judgment 5 Mos 32,41 subject man בַּאֲשֻׁרוֺ אָֽחֲזָה רַגְלִי Job 23,11 (|| דַּרְכּוֺ שָׁמַרְתִּי compare also Job 17,9); of taking hold of folly Praed 2,3 compare Praed 7,18 subject הַשַּׁחַר Job 38,13, לֶאֱחֹו בְּכַנְפוֺת הָאָ֑רֶץ; also followed by accusative Dom 1,6; Dom 12,6; Dom 16,21; 2 Sam 2,21; Es 5,29; Hoj 2,15; Hoj 3,4; 1 Kron 13,9; 2 Kron 25,5; Sl 56,1; Sl 137,9 compare 1 Kong 6,10 (compare v1 Kong 6,6 above), subject הַיָּצוּעַ, אֶתֿ ׳וַיֶּא הַבַּיִת בַּעֲצֵי אֲרָזִים; of a snare catching the heel, in metaphor Job 18,9 figurative, subject God Sl 77,5 God's hand Sl 139,10 subject pain, sorrow, fear, etc. 2 Mos 15,14; 2 Mos 15,15; 2 Sam 1,9; Job 21,6; Job 30,16; Sl 48,7; Sl 119,53; Es 21,3; Es 33,14; Jer 13,21; Jer 49,24 subject man, object fear, etc. Job 18,20; Es 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 Praed 9,12 fastened, held Est 1,6 taken (by lot) 1 Kron 24,6 (3 t. in verse) (on text see Öttli); taken out of a number 4 Mos 31,30; 4 Mos 31,47 participle active of same form אֲחֻזֵי חֶרֶב Hoj 3,8 compare Thes Ba^{NB 175 & Ethiopic Participle}.; similarly Aramaic אָחִיד, e.g. ᵑ7 Amos 2,5 e.g. ᵑ6 Dom 8,10; 1 Kron 5,18 & Ezk 41,6 (twice in verse) (but see Co). Niph`al Perfect 3 plural נאֹחֲזוּ Jos 22,9 ׳וְנאֹ (consecutive) 4 Mos 32,30 Imperfect וַיֵּאָחֲזוּ 1 Mos 47,27 Imperative הֵאָֽחֲזוּ 1 Mos 34,10; Jos 22,19 Participle נֶאֱחָז 1 Mos 22,13 נֶאֱחָזִים Praed 9,12 — be caught 1 Mos 22,13; Praed 9,12 elsewhere have possessions 1 Mos 34,10; 1 Mos 47,27; 4 Mos 32,30; Jos 22,9; Jos 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 2 Kron 9,18 fastened to followed by לְ.