2 Chronicles 25:12:32 Chr.25.12.W3TAB
חַיִּ֗ים
khayim
“alive”
- Transliteration
- kha-YIM
- Extended
- ħah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ħaˈjiːm/
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
- clause
va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM kha-YIM sha-VU be-NEI ye-hu-DA va-ye-vi-U-m le-ROSH ha-sa-LA
- sentence
va-a-SE-ret a-la-FIM kha-YIM sha-VU be-NEI ye-hu-DA va-ye-vi-U-m le-ROSH ha-sa-LA va-ya-shli-KHU-m me-ROSH-ha-SE-la ve-khu-LAM niv-ka-U
Exegesis
The clause opens with a fronted numeral phrase, vaaseret alafim chayim {וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֜ים חַיִּ֗ים | wa-ʿăśéreṯ ʾălāp̄îm ḥayyîm} ‘ten thousand alive’, which places the scale of the captives in focus before the main verb appears.
In context — 2 Chronicles 25:12
And the sons of Judah captured ten thousand alive and brought them to the top of the cliff, and they hurled them from the top of the cliff, and all of them were split open.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 25:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Chronicles 25:12, so the Hebrew word חַיִּ֗ים (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 2 Chr.25.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.25.12.W3.S1) and character.