Numbers 14:38:5Num.14.38.W5TAB
חָיוּ֙
khayu
“remained alive”
- Transliteration
- kha-YU
- Extended
- khaa-YOO
- IPA
- /χaˈjuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- remained alive
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-YU
- clause
kha-YU min-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-HEM ha-hol-KHIM la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
- sentence
vi-yo-shu-A bin-NUN ve-ka-LEV ben-ye-fu-NEH kha-YU min-ha-a-na-SHIM ha-HEM ha-hol-KHIM la-TUR et-ha-A-retz
Exegesis
The Qal perfect verb chāyû {חָיוּ | ḥā-yū} ‘lived’ (third person, masculine plural) positions the outcome as completed action affecting these two alone.
Root and etymology
RootHet-Yod-Heh
“to live”
In context — Numbers 14:38
But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive from among those men who went to scout the land.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:38:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 14:38, so the Hebrew word חָיוּ֙ (khayu) 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 Num.14.38.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.38.W5.S1) and character.