1 Kings 20:32:171 Kgs.20.32.W17TAB
חַ֖י
khai
“alive”
- Transliteration
- KHAI
- Extended
- KHAI
- IPA
- /ˈħaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- alive
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
- phraseyour reading level
ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI a-KHI HU
- sentence
va-yakh-ge-RU sak-KIM be-mat-ne-HEM va-kha-va-LIM be-ra-she-HEM va-ya-VO-u el-ME-lekh yis-ra-EL va-yo-mer-RU av-de-KHA ven-ha-DAD a-MAR te-khi-NA naf-SHI va-YO-mer ha-o-DEN-nu KHAI a-KHI HU
Exegesis
The king’s question ha-odenu chai achi hu {הַעוֹדֶנּוּ חַי אָחִי הֽוּא | ha-ʿō-ḏe-nû ḥay ʾā-ḥî hūʾ} uses parallelism to highlight unexpected kinship and restoration.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-l
“strength”
In context — 1 Kings 20:32
And they girded sackcloth on their loins and ropes on their heads, and they came to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-Hadad says, ‘Please let me live.’” And he said, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:32:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 1 Kings 20:32, so the Hebrew word חַ֖י (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.20.32.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.32.W17.S1) and character.