Ezekiel 20:33:1Ezek.20.33.W1TAB
חַי־אָ֕נִי
khaiani
“as I live”
- Transliteration
- khai-A-ni
- Extended
- khai-AAh-nee
- IPA
- /ħaj.ʔaːˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- as I live
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khai-A-ni
- clause
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
- sentence
khai-A-ni ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI im-LO be-YAD kha-za-KA u-viz-RO-a ne-tu-YA u-ve-khe-MA she-fu-KHA em-LOKH a-le-KHEM
Exegesis
The verse opens with the oath formula chai ani {חַי אָנִי | ḥay ʾānî} ‘as I live,’ introducing divine speech with the emphatic particle neum {נְאֻם | neʾum} ‘utterance.’
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-h
“to live, be alive”
In context — Ezekiel 20:33
As I live, declares the Lord GOD , surely with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with fury poured out, I will reign over you.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 20:33:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 20:33, so the Hebrew word חַי־אָ֕נִי (khaiani) 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.20.33.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.20.33.W1.S1) and character.