Ezekiel 18:28:8Ezek.18.28.W8TAB
יִחְיֶ֖ה
yikhye
“he will live”
- Transliteration
- yikh-YE
- Extended
- yihkh-YEH
- IPA
- /jiħˈjɛ/
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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Word in context
- word
yikh-YE
- phraseyour reading level
KHA-yo yikh-YE
- clause
KHA-yo yikh-YE LO ya-MUT
- sentence
va-yir-E ve-ya-SHUV va-ya-SHAV mi-KAL-pe-sha-AV a-SHER a-SA KHA-yo yikh-YE LO ya-MUT
Exegesis
The emphatic doublet chayo yichyeh {חָי֥וֹ יִחְיֶ֖ה | ḥāyō yiḥyēh} ‘surely he will live; he shall live’ expresses assured life, counterbalanced by the negation lo yamut {לֹא יָמוּת | lōʾ yāmūt} ‘he shall not die’. The Hebrew structure follows a logical progression: perception → repentance → complete severance from sin → guaranteed life and avoidance of death.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–yod–heh
“to live”
In context — Ezekiel 18:28
And when he sees and returns , and turns back from all his transgressions which he has done, surely he shall live; he shall not die.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:28:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Ezekiel 18:28, 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.18.28.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.28.W8.S1) and character.