Ezekiel 14:15:1Ezek.14.15.W1TAB
לֽוּ־חַיָּ֥ה
lukhaya
“if a wild animal”
- Transliteration
- lu-kha-YA
- Extended
- loo-khah-YAA
- IPA
- /luː.ħajˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- if a wild animal
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
lu-kha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
lu-kha-YA ra-A
- clause
lu-kha-YA ra-A a-a-VEER ba-A-rets ve-shi-ke-LA-ta
- sentence
lu-kha-YA ra-A a-a-VEER ba-A-rets ve-shi-ke-LA-ta ve-ha-ye-TA she-ma-MA mi-be-LI o-VER mi-pe-NE ha-kha-YA
Exegesis
The verse begins with the conditional particle lu {לֽוּ־ | lû} ‘if’, which introduces a hypothetical judgment scenario.
The Hiphil verb aʿavir {אַעֲבִ֥יר | ʾa-ʿă-ḇîr} ‘I cause to pass’ implies divine agency, followed by the object ḥayyah raʿah {חַיָּ֥ה רָעָ֛ה | ḥay-yāh rā-ʿāh} ‘evil beast’.
Root and etymology
ח־י־ה
“living thing”
In context — Ezekiel 14:15
If I cause an evil beast to pass through the land and it bereaves it , and it becomes desolate with no one passing through because of the beast .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 14:15, so the Hebrew word לֽוּ־חַיָּ֥ה (lukhaya) 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 Ezek.14.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.15.W1.S1) and character.