Ezekiel 17:19:5Ezek.17.19.W5TAB
חַי־אָנִי֒
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
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI khai-a-NI im-LO a-la-TI a-SHER ba-ZA u-ve-ri-TI a-SHER he-FIR
- sentence
la-KHEN ko-A-MAR a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI khai-a-NI im-LO a-la-TI a-SHER ba-ZA u-ve-ri-TI a-SHER he-FIR u-ne-tat-TIV be-ro-SHO
Exegesis
The oath phrase khay ani {חַי־אָנִי֒ | ḥay ʾā-nî} literally ‘life I’ functions as a strong asseverative, rendered idiomatically as ‘as I live.’
Root and etymology
Rootchet-yod-heh
“to live”
In context — Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore thus says the Lord GOD : As I live , surely my oath—which he has despised—and my covenant—which he has broken—I will place it upon his head.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 17:19:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Ezekiel 17:19, so the Hebrew word חַי־אָנִי֒ (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.17.19.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.17.19.W5.S1) and character.