2 Kings 13:21:172 Kgs.13.21.W17TAB
וַיְחִ֖י
vayekhi
“revived”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-KHI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-KHEE
- IPA
- /vajəˈħiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- revived
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-ye-KHI
- clause
va-YE-lekh va-yig-GA ha-ISH be-ats-MOT e-li-SHA va-ye-KHI va-ya-KAM al-rag-LAV
- sentence
va-ye-HI HEM ko-ve-RIM ISH ve-hin-NE RA-OO et-ha-ge-DUD va-yash-LEE-KHU et-ha-ISH be-KE-ver e-li-SHA va-YE-lekh va-yig-GA ha-ISH be-ats-MOT e-li-SHA va-ye-KHI va-ya-KAM al-rag-LAV
Exegesis
The narrative returns to the object with vayiga {וַיִּגַּ֤ע | way-yig-gaʿ} ‘and he touched’ and the noun batsmot {בְּעַצְמוֹת | bə-ʿaṣ-mōt} ‘bones’, leading immediately to the sequence vayechi {וַיְחִי | way-ye-ḥî} ‘and he lived’ and vayakom {וַיָּקָם | way-yā-qām} ‘and he stood up’, which together underscore the instantaneous restoration. The English rendition preserves the chain of vav-consecutives and the Hebrew prepositional structures to mirror the drama and theological emphasis of the original.
In context — 2 Kings 13:21
And it happened, as they were burying a man, that behold, they saw a raiding party, and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha . When the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 13:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 13:21, so the Hebrew word וַיְחִ֖י (vayekhi) 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 Kgs.13.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.13.21.W17.S1) and character.