1 Kings 17:1:71 Kgs.17.1.W7TAB
חַי־יְהוָ֞ה
khaiyehovah
“as the LORD lives”
- Transliteration
- khai-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- khah-ee-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ħaj.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the LORD lives
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
khai-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu ha-tish-BI mi-to-sha-VE gil-AD el-akh-AV khai-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV im-yih-YE ha-sha-NIM ha-EL-le TAL u-ma-TAR
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu ha-tish-BI mi-to-sha-VE gil-AD el-akh-AV khai-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV im-yih-YE ha-sha-NIM ha-EL-le TAL u-ma-TAR KI im-le-FI my word
Exegesis
The oath formula chai YHWH Elohei Yisra’el {חַי־יְהוָה֞ אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ | ḥay·yə·hwāh ʾĕ·lō·hê yiś·rā·ʾēl} “As the LORD God of Israel lives” combines a predicate noun with appositional divine names for covenant authority.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, exist”
In context — 1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, from among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I have stood, there shall be no dew or rain these years except by my word .”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:1:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Kings 17:1, so the Hebrew word חַי־יְהוָ֞ה (khaiyehovah) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Kgs.17.1.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.1.W7.S1) and character.