Ezekiel 16:6:9Ezek.16.6.W9TAB
חֲיִ֔י
khayi
“live”
- Transliteration
- kha-YI
- Extended
- khah-YEE
- IPA
- /ħaˈjiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- live
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
kha-YI
- phraseyour reading level
be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI
- clause
va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI
- sentence
va-e-VOHR a-LA-yikh va-er-EKH mit-bo-SE-set be-da-MA-yikh va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI va-o-MAR LAKH be-da-MA-yikh kha-YI
Exegesis
The imperative khayi {חֲיִי | ḥa-yī} ‘live!’ appears twice, creating an emphatic repetition that underscores the assurance of divine intervention.
Root and etymology
ח־י־י
“live”
In context — Ezekiel 16:6
And I passed over you and saw you wallowing in your blood, and I said to you in your blood, “Live!”—yes, I said to you in your blood, “Live!”
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 16:6, so the Hebrew word חֲיִ֔י (khayi) 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.16.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.6.W9.S1) and character.