Ezekiel 14:20:6Ezek.14.20.W6TAB
חַי־אָ֗נִי
khaiani
“as I live”
- Transliteration
- KHAI-A-ni
- Extended
- KHAI-aa-nee
- IPA
- /ħaj.ʔaːˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as I live
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
KHAI-A-ni
- clause
ve-NO-akh da-ne-AL da-ni-EL ve-i-YOV be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-BEN im-BAT ya-tsi-LU
- sentence
ve-NO-akh da-ne-AL da-ni-EL ve-i-YOV be-to-KHA KHAI-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-BEN im-BAT ya-tsi-LU HE-ma be-tsid-ka-TAM ya-tsi-LU naf-SHAM
Exegesis
The oath ḥay-ʾāni {חַי־אָ֗נִי | ḥay-ʾā-ni} ‘as I live’ introduces a solemn divine oath, followed by the prophetic announcement neʾum adonai YHWH {נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה | nə-ʾum ʾă-dō-nāy Yə-hō-wāh} ‘declares the LORD GOD’.
Root and etymology
Rootḥ-y-h
“alive”
In context — Ezekiel 14:20
Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in its midst, as I live, declares the LORD GOD , they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they, by their righteousness , would deliver only their own lives.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Ezekiel 14:20, so the Hebrew word חַי־אָ֗נִי (khaiani) 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.14.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.20.W6.S1) and character.