Ezekiel 18:24:11Ezek.18.24.W11TAB
וָחָ֑י
vakhai
“and lives”
- Transliteration
- va-KHAI
- Extended
- vaa-KHAAI
- IPA
- /vaːˈħaːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lives
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
va-KHAI
- clause
u-ve-SHUV tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel ke-KHOL ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER-a-SA ha-ra-SHA ya-a-SE va-KHAI
- sentence
u-ve-SHUV tsa-DIK mits-tsid-ka-TO ve-a-SA A-vel ke-KHOL ha-to-e-VOT a-SHER-a-SA ha-ra-SHA ya-a-SE va-KHAI KAL-tsid-ka-TO tsid-ko-TAV a-SHER-a-SA LO tiz-za-KHAR-na be-ma-a-LO a-SHER-ma-AL u-ve-kha-ta-TO a-SHER-kha-TA BAM ya-MUT
Exegesis
The waw-consecutive perfect vachai {וָחָ֑י | wā-ḥāy} “and will he live?” poses a rhetorical question.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-yChet–Yod–Yod
“to live”
In context — Ezekiel 18:24
But when a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and commits injustice, doing all the abominations that the wicked one practices—shall he live? None of his righteous deeds will be remembered. Because of his treachery and his sin, he will die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:24:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Ezekiel 18:24, so the Hebrew word וָחָ֑י (vakhai) 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.18.24.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.24.W11.S1) and character.