חַיָּ֔יו

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חַיָּ֔יו

   kha-YAV

   his life
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו

   ye-ME kha-YAV

   days of his life
3. clause🔊 וְלֹֽא־סָ֞ר מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֗הוּ כֹּ֚ל יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו רַ֕ק בִּדְבַ֖ר אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּֽי׃

   ve-LO-SAAR mi-KOL a-sher-tsi-VA-hu KOL ye-ME kha-YAV RAK bid-VAR u-ri-YA ha-khi-TI

   and he did not turn aside from all that he commanded him all days of his life only or except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite
4. sentence🔊 אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֥ה דָוִ֛ד אֶת־הַיָּשָׁ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־סָ֞ר מִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֗הוּ כֹּ֚ל יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו רַ֕ק בִּדְבַ֖ר אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּֽי׃

   a-SHER a-SA da-VID et-ha-ya-SHAR be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-SAAR mi-KOL a-sher-tsi-VA-hu KOL ye-ME kha-YAV RAK bid-VAR u-ri-YA ha-khi-TI

   because or that he did David the right thing in the eyes of the LORD and he did not turn aside from all that he commanded him all days of his life only or except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite

Exegesis

Mikol ʾăšer-ṣiwwāhû {מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּהוּ | mik-kōl ʾăšer-ṣiwwāhû} uses a comprehensive “from all that He commanded him,” with the relative clause compressing divine instruction into a single governing category, while kol yeme ḥayyav {כֹּל יְמֵי חַיָּיו | kōl yəmê ḥayyāw} extends the claim across the full duration of his life.

Root and etymology

ḥ-y-h🔊 ח־י־הḥet–yod–heh

“life”

• 🔊 חַיḥayaliveGenesis 3:20
• 🔊 חַיִּיםḥay-yimlifeGenesis 2:7