Ezekiel 18:9:10Ezek.18.9.W10TAB
יִֽחְיֶ֔ה
yikhye
“he shall live”
- Transliteration
- yikh-YE
- Extended
- yihkh-YEH
- IPA
- /jiħˈje/
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
tsa-DIK HU kha-YO yikh-YE ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- sentence
be-khu-ko-TAI ye-hal-LEKH u-mish-pa-TAI sha-MAR la-a-SOT e-MET tsa-DIK HU kha-YO yikh-YE ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The subject, described as tsaddiq {צַדִּיק | ṣad-dîq} ‘righteous’, is affirmed by the pronoun hu {הוּא | hūʾ} immediately before the intensified promise chayeh yichyeh {חָיֹה יִחְיֶה | ḥā-yōh yi-ḥyə} ‘he shall surely live’, where the infinitive absolute plus imperfect underscores certainty.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-yChet–Yod–Yod
“to live”
In context — Ezekiel 18:9
He who walks in My statutes and keeps My judgments to do truth, he is just ; he shall surely live, declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 18:9:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Ezekiel 18:9, so the Hebrew word יִֽחְיֶ֔ה (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.18.9.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.18.9.W10.S1) and character.