אָחַז

In the text

• Genesis 22:13נֶאֱחַז

  Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

• Judges 1:6וַיֹּאחֲזוּ

  As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

• 2 Samuel 1:9אֲחָזַנִי

  Then he begged me, ‘Stand over me and kill me, for agony has seized me, but my life still lingers.’

• 1 Chronicles 24:6אָחֻז

  The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.

• Job 16:12וְאָחַז

  I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;

• Psalm 119:53אֲחָזַתְנִי

  Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law.

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