Leviticus 17:13:11Lev.17.13.W11TAB
חַיָּ֛ה
khaiya
“beast”
- Transliteration
- khai-YA
- Extended
- khai-YAA
- IPA
- /χajˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- beast
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khai-YA
- phraseyour reading level
TSEID khai-YA
- clause
ve-ISH ISH mih-BEH-NEH yis-ra-EL oo-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER ya-TSUD TSEID khai-YA OHF a-SHER ye-a-KHEL
- sentence
ve-ISH ISH mih-BEH-NEH yis-ra-EL oo-min-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-KHAM a-SHER ya-TSUD TSEID khai-YA OHF a-SHER ye-a-KHEL veh-SHA-fakh et-da-MO veh-khi-SAA-hoo be-a-FAR
Exegesis
The relative clause ʾăšer yā-ṣû-ḏ ṣē-yî-ḏ ḥay-yāh ʿōp̄ ʾăšer yē-ʾā-kēl {אֲשֶׁר יָצ֜וּד צֵ֥יד חַיָּה אוֹ־ע֖וֹף אֲשֶׁר יֵאָכֵ֑ל | ʾăšer yā-ṣû-ḏ ṣē-yî-ḏ ḥay-yāh ʿōp̄ ʾăšer yē-ʾā-kēl} ‘that he hunts prey, animal or bird, which is eaten’ specifies permissible game.
Root and etymology
z-b-chzayin–bet–chet
“to slaughter, sacrifice”
In context — Leviticus 17:13
And any man of the sons of Israel, or from the stranger who sojourns among them, who hunts prey—animal or bird—that may be eaten, shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:13:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 17:13, so the Hebrew word חַיָּ֛ה (khaiya) 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.17.13.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.13.W11.S1) and character.