Ezekiel 17:16:1Ezek.17.16.W1TAB
חַי־אָ֗נִי
khaiani
“as I live”
- Transliteration
- khai-A-ni
- Extended
- khai-AA-nih
- 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
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO
- sentence
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO bim-KOM ha-ME-lekh ham-mam-LIKH o-TO a-SHER ba-ZA et-a-LA-to va-a-SHER he-FER et-be-ri-TO it-TO be-TOKH-ba-VEL ya-MUT
Exegesis
The verse opens with the oath formula chai-ani {חַי־אָ֗נִי | ḥai-ʾānî} ‘as I live’, an emphatic divine guarantee.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-yChet–Yod–Yod
“to live”
In context — Ezekiel 17:16
As I live—declares the Lord GOD —surely in the place of the king who made him king, whose oath he despised , and whose covenant he broke, with him in the midst of Babylon, he shall die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 17:16, 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.17.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.16.W1.S1) and character.