Ezekiel 18:21:14Ezek.18.21.W14TAB
יִחְיֶ֖ה
yikhye
“he shall live”
- Transliteration
- yikh-YE
- Extended
- yihkh-YEH
- IPA
- /jiħˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- he shall 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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Word in context
- word
yikh-YE
- phraseyour reading level
kha-YO yikh-YE
- clause
kha-YO yikh-YE LO ya-MUT
- sentence
ve-ha-ra-SHA KI ya-SHUV mi-KAL-kha-ta-TO kha-to-TAIV a-SHER a-SA ve-sha-MAR et-KAL-khu-ko-TAI ve-a-SA mish-PAT u-tse-da-KA kha-YO yikh-YE LO ya-MUT
Exegesis
The infinitive absolute chayo {חָיֹה | ḥā-yō} coupled with the imperfect yichyeh {יִחְיֶה | yi-ḥyeh} underscores certainty of life, while lo yamut {לֹא יָמוּת | lōʾ yā-mûṯ} affirms the negation of death. English order shifts to subject-verb-object for readability while retaining the Hebrew conditional framework and emphatic elements.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-yChet–Yod–Yod
“to live”
In context — Ezekiel 18:21
But if the wicked turns back from all his sins which he has committed, and keeps all My statutes , and does justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:21:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Ezekiel 18:21, so the Hebrew word יִחְיֶ֖ה (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.18.21.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.21.W14.S1) and character.