1 Kings 20:18:91 Kgs.20.18.W9TAB
חַיִּ֥ים
khayim
“alive”
- Transliteration
- kha-YIM
- Extended
- khah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ħajˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- alive
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
kha-YIM tif-SUM
- clause
ve-IM le-mil-kha-MA ya-TSU kha-YIM tif-SUM
- sentence
va-YO-mer im-le-sha-LOM ya-TSU tif-SUM kha-YIM ve-IM le-mil-kha-MA ya-TSU kha-YIM tif-SUM
Exegesis
The apodosis uses the Qal imperfect tifse’um {תִּפְשׂוּם | tippəšûm} with jussive force, modified by chayyim {חַיִּים | ḥayyîm} functioning adverbially ‘alive’. The asyndetic repetition of chayyim intensifies the unexpected command to take captives rather than kill them. English mirrors the protasis–apodosis conditional structure and preserves the imperative mood.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-y-h
“to live”
In context — 1 Kings 20:18
And he said, “If they have come out for peace , seize them alive ; but if they have come out for war, seize them alive.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:18:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 20:18, so the Hebrew word חַיִּ֥ים (khayim) 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.20.18.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.18.W9.S1) and character.