Ezekiel 20:25:9Ezek.20.25.W9TAB
יִחְי֖וּ
yikhyu
“they could live”
- Transliteration
- yikh-YU
- Extended
- yihkh-YOO
- IPA
- /jiħˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- they could 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 | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
yikh-YU
- phraseyour reading level
LO yikh-YU
- clause
u-mish-PA-tim LO yikh-YU va-HEM
- sentence
ve-GAM-a-NI na-TA-ti la-HEM khu-KIM LO to-VIM u-mish-PA-tim LO yikh-YU va-HEM
Exegesis
The noun-adjective sequence chukim lo tovim {חֻקִּים לֹא טוֹבִים | ḥuq-qîm lōʾ ṭō-ḇîm} emphasizes the defective quality of the statutes, which is then mirrored in the result clause u-mishpatim lo yichyu bahem {וּמִשְׁפָּטִים לֹא יִחְיוּ בָהֶם | ū-miš-pā-ṭîm lōʾ yiḥ-yû ḇā-hem}, underscoring that the ordinances failed to sustain life. The parallel structure and the postpositive placement of the negative particle heighten the indictment of the legislation.
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-h
“to live, be alive”
In context — Ezekiel 20:25
And I gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they would not live.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:25:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 20:25, so the Hebrew word יִחְי֖וּ (yikhyu) 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.20.25.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.25.W9.S1) and character.