חַ֖י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חַ֖י

   KHAI

   lives or is alive
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 רְאִ‪י חַ֖י

   re-I KHAI

   see {feminine singular} lives or is alive
3. clause🔊 וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ רְאִ‪י חַ֖י בְּנֵֽךְ׃

   va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu re-I KHAI be-NEKH

   and he said Elijah see {feminine singular} lives or is alive your son {feminine singular possessive}
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּקַּ֨ח אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֗לֶד וַיֹּרִדֵ֤הוּ מִן־הָעֲלִיָּה֙ הַבַּ֔יְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖הוּ לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ רְאִ‪י חַ֖י בְּנֵֽךְ׃

   va-yik-KAKH e-li-YA-hu et-ha-YE-led va-yo-ri-DE-hu min-ha-a-li-YA hab-BAI-ta va-yit-te-NE-hu le-im-MO va-yo-MER e-li-YA-hu re-I KHAI be-NEKH

   and he took Elijah {direct object} the boy or the child and he brought him down from the upper room to the house and he gave him to his mother and he said Elijah see {feminine singular} lives or is alive your son {feminine singular possessive}

Exegesis

The adjective ḥay {חַי | ḥay} modifies be-neḵ {בְּנֵךְ | be·nēḵ}, completing the result clause. English rendering uses coordinated clauses for vav consecutive and preserves the imperative to maintain immediacy.

Root and etymology

ḥ-y-h🔊 ח־י־הḥet–yod–he

“to live”

• 🔊 חַיִּיםchayimlifeGenesis 2:7