Exodus 22:18:3Exod.22.18.W3TABWLC Exodus 22:17
תְחַיֶּֽה׃
tekhaye
“let live”
- Transliteration
- te-kha-YE
- Extended
- teh-khah-YEH
- IPA
- /tə.ħa.ˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- let live
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
te-kha-YE
- phraseyour reading level
LO te-kha-YE
- sentence
me-kha-she-FA LO te-kha-YE
Exegesis
The verb tehayyeh {תְחַיֵּה | tə-ḥay-yēh} ‘you shall not let live’ uses jussive force to express a causative prohibition. Fronting the object intensifies emphasis on the individual subject to the law. The formal translation mirrors this object–verb inversion, whereas the dynamic translation employs an English SVO construction with “allow … survive” to capture the Hiphil causative nuance. This structure exemplifies the emphasis pattern in Exodus legal clauses.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-hcheth-yod-heh
“to live, preserve life”
In context — Exodus 22:18
You shall not let a sorceress live .
About this coordinate
Exodus 22:18:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 22:18, so the Hebrew word תְחַיֶּֽה׃ (tekhaye) 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.22.18.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.18.W3.S1) and character.