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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Seghol | reduced 'eh' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
he-khe-YAH
- phraseyour reading level
hi-NEH he-khe-YAH Ye-ho-VAH o-TI
- 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
- 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 context — Joshua 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.