Ezekiel 18:17:18Ezek.18.17.W18TAB
יִחְיֶֽה׃
yikhye
“he will live”
- Transliteration
- yikh-YE
- Extended
- yihkh-YEH
- IPA
- /jiħˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- he will live
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yikh-YE
- phraseyour reading level
kha-YO yikh-YE
- clause
HU LO ya-MUT ba-a-VON a-VIV kha-YO yikh-YE
- sentence
me-a-NI he-SHIV ya-DO NE-shekh ve-tar-BIT LO la-KHAKH mish-pa-TAI a-SA be-khu-kko-TAI ha-LAKH HU LO ya-MUT ba-a-VON a-VIV kha-YO yikh-YE
Exegesis
The concluding clause contrasts the protasis lo yamut baavon aviv {לֹא יָמוּת בַּעֲוֹן אָבִיו | lō yā-mūt ba-ʿă-vōn ʾā-vîw} ‘he will not die for his father’s iniquity’ with the conclusion chayoh yichyeh {חָיֹה יִחְיֶֽה | ḥā-yō yiḥ-yēh}, where the infinitive absolute chayoh intensifies the imperfect yichyeh to express certainty of life.
Root and etymology
ח־י־ה
“to live”
In context — Ezekiel 18:17
He withdrew his hand from oppressing the poor, did not take interest or increase, practiced my judgments, walked in my statutes; he will not die for his father’s iniquity, he will surely live.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:17:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of Ezekiel 18:17, so the Hebrew word יִחְיֶֽה׃ (yikhye) 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.18.17.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.17.W18.S1) and character.