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חָזָה

to see

also: perceive, look, behold, prophesy fuller range ↓

H2372 Strong's Hebrew
châzâh Transliteration
/khaw-zaw'/ Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible 51 appearances

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Grammar key — what these labels mean

Part of speech

Verb
An action or state-of-being word.

Stem

Qal
The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘see’

Form

Perfect
A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
Imperfect
An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
Sequential Imperfect
An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
Infinitive Construct
A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
Imperative
A direct command (“write!”).
Jussive
A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
Cohortative
A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
Participle Active
A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).

State

Absolute
The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.

Person

3rd Person
The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
1st Person
The speaker (“I / we”).
2nd Person
The one addressed (“you”).

Gender

Masculine
Grammatically masculine.
Common
Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Feminine
Grammatically feminine.

Number

Singular
One.
Plural
More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).

Grammatical forms 22 distinct

  • Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 7 times (14%)
  • Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural 6 times (12%)
  • Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 4 times (8%)
  • Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 4 times (8%)
  • Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 3 times (6%)
  • Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 3 times (6%)
  • Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 2 times (4%)
  • Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 2 times (4%)

+14 more forms (20 occurrences)

Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 51 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.

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Exodus 2 verses

Numbers 2 verses

Job 9 verses

Psalms 9 verses

Proverbs 3 verses

Song of Solomon 1 verse

Isaiah 9 verses

Lamentations 1 verse

Ezekiel 6 verses

Amos 1 verse

Micah 2 verses

Habakkuk 1 verse

Zechariah 1 verse

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