Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Ishnian" <ishinan AT comcast.net>]

Isaac Fried wrote: No Hebrew root can mean 'might' or 'strength', but 'up, 
on' is good.

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Ishinan : What about the following :-)

5794 `az  strong, vehement, harsh:--fierce, + greedy, mighty, power, 
roughly, strong.


5797 `oz ; from '`azaz' ; strength in various applications (force, security, 
majesty, praise):--boldness, loud, might, power, strength, strong.


5810 `azaz primitive root; to be stout (literally or figuratively):--harden, 
impudent, prevail, strengthen (self), be strong.


EXAMPLES:

Neh 9:11, And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went 
through the midst of the sea on the dry land;and their persecutors thou 
threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the 'mighty' waters.


Psa 59:3,  For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the 'mighty' are gathered 
against me; not [for] my transgression, nor [for] my sin, O LORD.


Isa 43:16 Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in 
the 'mighty' waters;



Ishinan Ishibashi