וָחַ֥י

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וָחַ֥י

   va-KHAI

   and he lived or and he will live
2. clause🔊 וָחַ֥י בָּהֶֽם׃

   va-KHAI ba-HEM

   and he lived or and he will live in them
3. sentence🔊 וָאֶתְּנֵ֤ם לָהֶם֙ אֶת־חֻקּוֹתַ֔י וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַ֖י הוֹדַ֣עְתִּי אוֹתָ֑ם אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אוֹתָ֖ם הָאָדָ֑ם וָחַ֥י בָּהֶֽם׃

   va-ET-NEM la-HEM et-khu-KO-ta-TAI ve-et-mish-PA-ta-TAI ho-DA-ti o-TAM a-SHER ya-a-SE o-TAM ha-a-DAM va-KHAI ba-HEM

   and I gave them to them the statutes of me or my statutes and the judgments of me or my judgments I made known them which he does or he will do them the human or the man and he lived or and he will live in them

Exegesis

The relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} links proper observance (yaʿaseh otam {יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם | ya-ʿă-seh ʾō-ṯām} ‘does them’) with the outcome of life (vachai vahem {וָחַי בָּהֶם | wā-ḥai bā-hēm} ‘he lives in them’). The perfect form with vav-consecutive in vachai denotes a future result, and the prepositional phrase vahem specifies the means of life as obedience to these commandments.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־י־הḥ-y-h

“to live, be alive”

• 🔊 חַיִּיםḥa-yi-yimlifeGenesis 2:7
• 🔊 חַיḥailivingJoshua 3:10