Exodus 1:14:2Exod.1.14.W2TAB
אֶת־חַיֵּיהֶ֜ם
etkhaiyehem
“their lives”
- Transliteration
- et-khai-ye-HEM
- Extended
- eht-khai-yee-HEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.ħaj.jeˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- their lives
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
et-khai-ye-HEM
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-mar-RU et-khai-ye-HEM
- clause
va-ye-mar-RU et-khai-ye-HEM ba-a-vo-DA ka-SHA be-KHO-mer u-vil-ve-NIM u-ve-khol-a-vo-DA ba-sa-DE
- sentence
va-ye-mar-RU et-khai-ye-HEM ba-a-vo-DA ka-SHA be-KHO-mer u-vil-ve-NIM u-ve-khol-a-vo-DA ba-sa-DE ET kol-a-vo-da-TAM a-sher-av-DU va-HEM be-FA-rekh
Exegesis
The compound noun phrase et-chayyeihem {אֶת־חַיֵּיהֶ֜ם | ʾet-ḥayyēhem} marks “their lives” as the direct object.
In context — Exodus 1:14
And they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and brick and in every kind of field work; all their service which they imposed upon them was with ruthless severity .
About this coordinate
Exodus 1:14:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 1:14, so the Hebrew word אֶת־חַיֵּיהֶ֜ם (etkhaiyehem) 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 Exod.1.14.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.14.W2.S1) and character.