2 Kings 20:1:212 Kgs.20.1.W21TAB
תִֽחְיֶֽה׃
tikhye
“you will live”
- Transliteration
- tikh-ye
- Extended
- tihkh-yeh
- IPA
- /θiħˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- you will live
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
tikh-ye
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO tikh-ye
- clause
va-ya-VO E-LAV ye-sha-YA-hu ben-a-MOTS ha-na-VI va-yo-MER E-LAV ko-A-MAR Ye-ho-VAH TSAV le-VE-te-KHA KI MET a-TA ve-LO tikh-ye
- sentence
ba-ya-MIM ha-HEM kha-LA khiz-ki-YA-hu la-MUT va-ya-VO E-LAV ye-sha-YA-hu ben-a-MOTS ha-na-VI va-yo-MER E-LAV ko-A-MAR Ye-ho-VAH TSAV le-VE-te-KHA KI MET a-TA ve-LO tikh-ye
Exegesis
The imperative tsav {צַו | ṣāv} takes the object lveitecha {לְבֵיתֶךָ | lə-bē-ṯe-kha} “your house,” here a metaphor for family line and legacy, while met velo tichyeh {מֵת וְלֹא תִחְיֶה | mēṯ wə-lō ti-ḥyê} “and you will not live” delivers the irrevocable pronouncement.
Root and etymology
ch-y-h
“to live”
In context — 2 Kings 20:1
Around that time, Hezekiah became ill, near death, and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you will die; you will not live.’”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 20:1:21 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 21 of 2 Kings 20:1, so the Hebrew word תִֽחְיֶֽה׃ (tikhye) 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.20.1.W21, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.20.1.W21.S1) and character.