Deuteronomy 16:20:5Deut.16.20.W5TAB
תִּֽחְיֶה֙
tikhye
“you may live”
- Transliteration
- tikh-YE
- Extended
- tikh-YEH
- IPA
- /tiχˈje/
Meaning by language
- English
- you may 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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The word
Word in context
- word
tikh-YE
- phraseyour reading level
le-MA-an tikh-YE
- clause
le-MA-an tikh-YE ve-ya-RASH-ta et-ha-A-retz a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
- sentence
tse-DEK tse-DEK tir-DOF le-MA-an tikh-YE ve-ya-RASH-ta et-ha-A-retz a-SHER-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN LAKH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase lema‘an {לְמַעַן | lə-maʿ-ăn} introduces the result clause with the subsequent qal imperfect tichyeh {תִּֽחְיֶה | ti-ḥyē} ‘you may live’.
Root and etymology
RootChet, Yod, Heh
“to live”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:20
Pursue justice, justice, so that you may live and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 16:20, so the Hebrew word תִּֽחְיֶה֙ (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 Deut.16.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.20.W5.S1) and character.