Deuteronomy 19:4:6Deut.19.4.W6TAB
וָחָ֑י
vakhai
“and lives”
- Transliteration
- va-KHAI
- Extended
- vah-KHAI
- IPA
- /vaˈxaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lives
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-KHAI
- clause
ve-ZEH de-VAR ha-ro-TSE-akh a-SHER ya-NUS sha-MAH va-KHAI
- sentence
ve-ZEH de-VAR ha-ro-TSE-akh a-SHER ya-NUS sha-MAH va-KHAI a-SHER ya-KEH et-re-EI-hu biv-LEE-DA-at ve-HU lo-so-NE LO mit-te-MOL shil-SHOM
Exegesis
The first relative clause asher yanus shamah vachai {אֲשֶׁר־יָנ֥וּס שָׁ֖מָּה וָחָ֑י | ʾă-šer yā-nûs šām-mah wā-ḥāy} uses imperfect and perfect forms to describe the manslayer’s right to flee and live.
Root and etymology
ח־י־ה
“to live”
In context — Deuteronomy 19:4
And this is the case concerning the manslayer who flees there and lives when he strikes his neighbor without knowledge , provided that he had not hated him from yesterday or the day before.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 19:4:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 19:4, so the Hebrew word וָחָ֑י (vakhai) 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.19.4.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.19.4.W6.S1) and character.