Joshua 14:10:3Josh.14.10.W3TAB

הֶחֱיָ֨ה

hekheyah

has kept alive

Transliteration
he-khe-YAH
Extended
heh-khe-yaah
IPA
/hɛħɛˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English
has kept alive

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Result
הֶ + חֱ + יָ֨ה
he + khe + yah
hekheyah

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Segholreduced 'eh'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    he-khe-YAH

  2. phraseyour reading level

    hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI

  3. clause

    ve-a-TAH hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ka-a-SHER di-BER ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NAH me-OZ di-BER Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH el-mo-SHEH a-SHER-ha-LAKH yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR

  4. sentence

    ve-a-TAH hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI ka-a-SHER di-BER ZEH ar-ba-IM ve-kha-MESH sha-NAH me-OZ di-BER Ye-ho-VAH et-ha-da-VAR ha-ZEH el-mo-SHEH a-SHER-ha-LAKH yis-ra-EL ba-mid-BAR ve-a-TAH hi-NEH a-no-KHI ha-YOM ben-kha-MESH u-shmo-NIM sha-NAH

Exegesis

The main clause centers on the causative verb hecheyah {הֶחֱיָה | heḥĕyāh} ‘kept alive’, with YHWH as the explicit agent and oti as the affected object, highlighting continued life as the result of God’s action.

Root and etymology

consonants ח־י־הChet–Yod–Heh

to live, keep alive

In contextJoshua 14:10

And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, just as He spoke, these forty-five years since then the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am today eighty-five years old.

About this coordinate

Joshua 14:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Joshua 14:10, so the Hebrew word הֶחֱיָ֨ה (hekheyah) 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 Josh.14.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.14.10.W3.S1) and character.