Leviticus 15:13:14Lev.15.13.W14TAB
חַיִּ֖ים
khaiyim
“living”
- Transliteration
- khai-YIM
- Extended
- khai-YEEM
- IPA
- /ħajˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- living
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 | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khai-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
be-ma-YIM khai-YIM
- clause
veh-rah-KHATS be-sa-RO be-ma-YIM khai-YIM veh-ta-HER
- sentence
veh-KHEE-yit-HAR ha-ZAV mi-zoh-VO veh-SA-far LO shiv-AT ya-MIM le-ta-ho-ra-TO veh-ki-BES be-ga-DAV veh-rah-KHATS be-sa-RO be-ma-YIM khai-YIM veh-ta-HER
Exegesis
The coordinated commands (və-kib-bes bə-ḡā-dāw {וְכִבֶּס בְּגָדָיו | və-kib-bes bə-ḡā-dāw} and və-rā-ḥaṣ bə-sā-rō {וְרָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ | və-rā-ḥaṣ bə-sā-rō}) present parallel ritual acts—washing garments versus bathing flesh—in bema-yim ḥay-yim {בְּמַיִם חַיִּים | bə-ma-yim ḥay-yim} ‘in living water’, emphasizing flowing water.
In context — Leviticus 15:13
And when the one with a discharge is purified from his discharge, he shall count for himself seven days for his purification, and he shall wash his garments and bathe his flesh in living water , and he shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:13:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 15:13, so the Hebrew word חַיִּ֖ים (khaiyim) 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.15.13.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.13.W14.S1) and character.