Leviticus 18:5:8Lev.18.5.W8TAB
וָחַ֣י
wakhai
“live”
- Transliteration
- wa-KHAI
- Extended
- wah-KHAI
- IPA
- /waːˈħaɪ/
Meaning by language
- English
- live
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
wa-KHAI
- phraseyour reading level
wa-KHAI ba-HEM
- clause
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM
- sentence
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
A vav conversive initiates the result clause at vachai {וָחַי | wə-ḥāy} ‘and shall live’, establishing the link between obedience and life.
In context — Leviticus 18:5
And you shall keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a person does them, that person shall live by them. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 18:5, so the Hebrew word וָחַ֣י (wakhai) 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.18.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.5.W8.S1) and character.