1 Kings 18:15:31 Kgs.18.15.W3TAB
חַ֚י
khai
“as lives”
- Transliteration
- KHAI
- Extended
- KHAI
- IPA
- /ˈħaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- as lives
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
KHAI
- clause
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-li-YA-hu KHAI ye-ho-VAH tse-va-OT a-SHER a-mad-TI le-fa-NAV KI ha-YOM e-ra-E e-LAV
Exegesis
This is followed by the oath formula chai {חַ֚י | ḥay} ‘as…lives’ with the divine title YHWH tsevaot {יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת | Yhwh ṣə-vā-’ōṯ} ‘LORD of hosts’, establishing a solemn declaration.
Root and etymology
Rootch-y-y
“alive”
In context — 1 Kings 18:15
And Elijah said, “As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I have stood , surely today I will appear to him.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 18:15, so the Hebrew word חַ֚י (khai) 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.18.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.15.W3.S1) and character.