Leviticus 13:10:12Lev.13.10.W12TAB
חַ֖י
khai
“living”
- Transliteration
- KHAI
- Extended
- KHAI
- IPA
- /ˈxaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- living
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
KHAI
- phraseyour reading level
ba-SAR KHAI
- clause
oo-mikh-YAT ba-SAR KHAI bah-seh-ET
- sentence
veh-rah-AH ha-ko-HEN veh-hi-NEH seh-et-leh-va-NAH ba-OR veh-HI haf-KHAH seh-AR la-VAN oo-mikh-YAT ba-SAR KHAI bah-seh-ET
Exegesis
Finally, umikhyat basar khay baseet {וּמִֽחְיַ֛ת בָּשָׂר חַי בַּשְׂאֵֽת | u-miḥ-yāṯ ba-sār ḥāy ba-sə-’ēt} ‘and a living spot of flesh in the swelling’ supplies a confirmatory sign. The English translation restructures Hebrew noun chains and verb sequences for clarity while preserving the diagnostic sequence.
Root and etymology
ch-ychet-yod
“alive”
In context — Leviticus 13:10
And the priest shall see, and behold, a white swelling appears in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is a living spot of flesh within the swelling,
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:10:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Leviticus 13:10, so the Hebrew word חַ֖י (khai) 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.13.10.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.10.W12.S1) and character.