Genesis 47:9:20Gen.47.9.W20TAB
חַיֵּ֣י
khaiyei
“life of”
- Transliteration
- khai-YEI
- Extended
- khai-YEE
- IPA
- /ħaj.ˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- life of
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
khai-YEI
- phraseyour reading level
khai-YEI a-vo-TAI
- clause
me-AT ve-ra-IM ha-YU ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YAI ve-LO hi-SI-gu et-ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI a-vo-TAI bi-MEI me-gu-REI-hem
- sentence
va-YO-mer ya-a-KOV el-par-O ye-MEI she-NEI me-gu-RAI she-lo-SHIM u-me-AT sha-NA me-AT ve-ra-IM ha-YU ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YAI ve-LO hi-SI-gu et-ye-MEI she-NEI khai-YEI a-vo-TAI bi-MEI me-gu-REI-hem
Exegesis
The negative clause wə-lōʾ hissīgû {וְלֹא הִשִּׂיגוּ | wə-lōʾ his-sî-gû} ‘and they did not reach’ governs the object chain ʾet yemē šənê ḥayyê ʾăvoṯay {אֶת־יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי אֲבֹתַי | ʾet-yə-mê šə-nê ḥay-yê ʾă-vo-ṭay}, explicitly comparing Jacob’s life with that of his fathers.
Root and etymology
ח־י־ה
“to live”
In context — Genesis 47:9
And Jacob said to Pharaoh, “The days comprising the years I have sojourned total one hundred and thirty. My days have been few and distressing , and they have not reached the span of years that my fathers experienced in their days of sojourning.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 47:9:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Genesis 47:9, so the Hebrew word חַיֵּ֣י (khaiyei) 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 Gen.47.9.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.47.9.W20.S1) and character.