1 Samuel 17:36:161 Sam.17.36.W16TAB
חַיִּֽים׃
khayim
“living {plural}”
- Transliteration
- kha-YIM
- Extended
- khah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ħajˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- living {plural}
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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Word in context
- word
kha-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
- clause
ve-ha-YA ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE ke-a-KHAD me-HEM KI KHE-ref ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
- sentence
GAM et-ha-a-RI gam-ha-DOV hi-KA av-DE-kha ve-ha-YA ha-pe-lish-TI he-a-REL ha-ZE ke-a-KHAD me-HEM KI KHE-ref ma-ar-KHOT e-lo-HIM kha-YIM
Exegesis
The construct chain ma-ʿär-ḵōt ʾĕlōhîm ḥay-yîm {מַעַרְכֹת אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים | ma-ʿär-ḵōt ʾĕ-lō-hîm ḥay-yîm} ‘battle-lines of the living God’ emphasizes divine authority behind Israel’s defense.
Root and etymology
ח־י־ה
“to live”
In context — 1 Samuel 17:36
Your servant struck both the lion and the bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has taunted the battle-lines of the living God .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 17:36:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 1 Samuel 17:36, so the Hebrew word חַיִּֽים׃ (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 Sam.17.36.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.17.36.W16.S1) and character.