Leviticus 11:47:7Lev.11.47.W7TAB
הַֽחַיָּה֙
hakhayaa
“the living creature”
- Transliteration
- ha-kha-YAA
- Extended
- hah-kha-YAA
- IPA
- /ha.ħaj.ˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the living creature
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-kha-YAA
- phraseyour reading level
oo-BEEN ha-kha-YAA
- clause
oo-BEEN ha-kha-YAA ha-ne-e-KHE-let oo-BEEN ha-kha-YAA a-SHER LO te-a-KHEL
- sentence
le-hav-DEEL BEIN ha-tah-MEH oo-BEEN ha-tah-HOR oo-BEEN ha-kha-YAA ha-ne-e-KHE-let oo-BEEN ha-kha-YAA a-SHER LO te-a-KHEL
Exegesis
The second pair contrasts ha-ḥayyāh hanēʾeḵelet {הַחַיָּה הַנֶּאֱכֶלֶת | ha-ḥay-yāh hanēʾ-e-ḵe-let} ‘the living creature being eaten’ with ha-ḥayyāh ʾăšer lōʾ teʾāḵēl {הַחַיָּה אֲשֶׁר לֹא תֵאָכֵֽל | ha-ḥay-yāh ʾă-šer lōʾ teʾ-ā-ḵēl} ‘the living creature that is not eaten’. The repetition underscores the legislative structure delineating categories of ritual purity. The use of Niphal forms (hanēʾeḵelet, teʾāḵēl) indicates passive voice, conveying permitted versus forbidden status. The formal English preserves the parallelism and technical distinctions.
Root and etymology
ח־י־הḥ-y-h
“to live, be alive”
In context — Leviticus 11:47
To distinguish between the unclean and the clean, and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 11:47:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 11:47, so the Hebrew word הַֽחַיָּה֙ (hakhayaa) 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 Lev.11.47.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.11.47.W7.S1) and character.