Leviticus 16:21:8Lev.16.21.W8TAB

הַחַי֒

hakhai

living

Transliteration
ha-KHAI
Extended
hah-KHAI
IPA
/haˈxaj/

Meaning by language

English
living

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הַ + חַי֒
ha + khai
hakhai

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-KHAI

  2. clause

    ve-sa-MAKH a-ha-RON et-SHTEI ya-DAV AL ROSH ha-sa-IR ha-KHAI veh-hit-va-DAH a-LAV et-kol-a-vo-NOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL veh-et-kol-pish-EI-HEM le-KOL-khat-to-TAM

  3. sentence

    ve-sa-MAKH a-ha-RON et-SHTEI ya-DAV AL ROSH ha-sa-IR ha-KHAI veh-hit-va-DAH a-LAV et-kol-a-vo-NOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL veh-et-kol-pish-EI-HEM le-KOL-khat-to-TAM veh-na-TAN o-TAM al-ROSH ha-sa-IR veh-shil-LAKH be-yad-EESH it-TI ha-mid-ba-RAH

Exegesis

The pair ha-saʿir ha-hay {הַשָּׂעִיר הַחַי | ha-sā-ʿîr ha-ḥay} ‘the live goat’ distinguishes it from the slaughtered goat.

In contextLeviticus 16:21

And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions for all their sins, and he shall put them on the goat’s head. Then he shall send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 16:21:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 16:21, so the Hebrew word הַחַי֒ (hakhai) 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.16.21.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.21.W8.S1) and character.