1 Kings 17:22:81 Kgs.17.22.W8TAB
וַיֶּֽחִי׃
vayekhi
“and he lived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEE
- IPA
- /vaj.jeˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he lived
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-KHI
- clause
va-ta-SHAV ne-FESH-ha-YE-led al-kir-BO va-ye-KHI
- sentence
va-yish-MA ye-ho-VAH be-KOL e-li-YA-hu va-ta-SHAV ne-FESH-ha-YE-led al-kir-BO va-ye-KHI
Exegesis
Finally, vayyaḥî {וַיֶּֽחִי | vayyaḥî} ‘and he lived’ closes the miraculous event.
Root and etymology
ח־י־ה
“to live”
In context — 1 Kings 17:22
And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the boy returned within him, and he lived.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:22:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 17:22, so the Hebrew word וַיֶּֽחִי׃ (vayekhi) 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.17.22.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.22.W8.S1) and character.