Ezekiel 18:23:11Ezek.18.23.W11TAB
וְחָיָֽה׃
vekhaya
“and he lives”
- Transliteration
- ve-kha-YA
- Extended
- veh-khaa-YAA
- IPA
- /wəħaːˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and he lives
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-kha-YA
- clause
ha-LO be-shu-VO mid-de-ra-KHAV ve-kha-YA
- sentence
he-KHA-fets e-KH-pots MOT ra-SHA ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI ha-LO be-shu-VO mid-de-ra-KHAV ve-kha-YA
Exegesis
The construct beshuvo middrakhav {בְּשׁוּבוֹ מִדְּרָכָיו | bə-šū-ḇō mid-rā-ḵāw} forms a conditional phrase ‘if he turns from his ways’, and vechayah {וְחָיָה | wə-ḥā-yā} ‘and live’ states the intended outcome of restoration. The Hebrew balances a rhetorical question with a hopeful resolution, and the English retains this parallelism.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-yChet–Yod–Yod
“to live”
In context — Ezekiel 18:23
Do I take pleasure in the death of the wicked , declares the Lord GOD , and not in his turning from his ways and living?
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 18:23, so the Hebrew word וְחָיָֽה׃ (vekhaya) 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.18.23.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.23.W11.S1) and character.