1 Samuel 14:45:131 Sam.14.45.W13TAB
חַי־יְהוָה֙
khaiyehovah
“as the LORD lives”
- Transliteration
- khai-ye-ho-VAH
- Extended
- khai-yeh-ho-VAH
- IPA
- /ħaj.jəhoˈvaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as the LORD lives
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khai-ye-ho-VAH
- clause
va-yo-MER ha-AM el-sha-UL ha-yo-na-TAN ya-MUT a-SHER a-SA ha-ye-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT be-yis-ra-EL kha-li-LA khai-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT ro-SHO AR-tsa ki-im-e-lo-HIM a-SA ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
va-yo-MER ha-AM el-sha-UL ha-yo-na-TAN ya-MUT a-SHER a-SA ha-ye-shu-A ha-ge-do-LA ha-ZOT be-yis-ra-EL kha-li-LA khai-ye-ho-VAH im-yip-POL mi-sa-a-RAT ro-SHO AR-tsa ki-im-e-lo-HIM a-SA ha-YOM ha-ZE va-yif-DU ha-AM et-yo-na-TAN ve-lo-MET
Exegesis
The oath ḥai-YHWH {חַי־יְהוָה | ḥai-yə-hō-wāh} “as the LORD lives” underscores conviction.
Root and etymology
h-y-hheh–yod–heh
“to be, to exist”
In context — 1 Samuel 14:45
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As the LORD lives, not even one hair of his head will drop to the ground, for today he acted with God .” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 14:45:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 14:45, so the Hebrew word חַי־יְהוָה֙ (khaiyehovah) 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 Sam.14.45.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.14.45.W13.S1) and character.