Deuteronomy 20:17:7Deut.20.17.W7TAB
הַחִוִּ֖י
hakhivee
“the Hivite”
- Transliteration
- ha-khi-VEE
- Extended
- hah-khi-VEE
- IPA
- /ħaˈħivviː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Hivite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-khi-VEE
- clause
ki-ha-KHA-rem ta-kha-ri-MEM ha-khi-TEE ve-ha-e-mo-REE hak-ke-na-a-NEE ve-ha-pe-ri-ZEE ha-khi-VEE ve-ha-ye-vu-SEE
- sentence
ki-ha-KHA-rem ta-kha-ri-MEM ha-khi-TEE ve-ha-e-mo-REE hak-ke-na-a-NEE ve-ha-pe-ri-ZEE ha-khi-VEE ve-ha-ye-vu-SEE ka-a-SHER tsi-VE-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
A sequence of definite nouns connected by vav—hachitti {הַחִתִּי | ha-ḥittî}, vehaemori {וְהָאֱמֹרִי | wə-ʾămôrî}, hakenaani {הַכְּנַעֲנִי | ha-kənᵊʿănî}, veha-perizzi {וְהַפְּרִזִּי | wə-ha-pᵊrizzî}, hahivvi {הַחִוִּי | ha-ḥîwî}, vehayevusi {וְהַיְבוּסִי | wə-ha-yᵉbûsî}—enumerates each people.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:17
Yet you are to utterly destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—just as the LORD your God has commanded you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 20:17, so the Hebrew word הַחִוִּ֖י (hakhivee) 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.20.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.17.W7.S1) and character.