Numbers 21:9:14Num.21.9.W14TAB
וָחָֽי׃
vakhai
“and lived”
- Transliteration
- va-KHAI
- Extended
- vah-KHAI
- IPA
- /vaˈχaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- and lived
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-KHAI
- clause
ve-ha-YA im-na-SHAKH ha-na-KHASH et-ISH ve-hi-BIT el-ne-KHASH ha-ne-KHO-shet va-KHAI
- sentence
va-ya-AS mo-SHEH ne-KHASH ne-KHO-shet va-yi-si-ME-hu al-ha-NES ve-ha-YA im-na-SHAKH ha-na-KHASH et-ISH ve-hi-BIT el-ne-KHASH ha-ne-KHO-shet va-KHAI
Exegesis
The concluding vav-consecutive perfect wăḥāy {וָחָֽי | wă-ḥāy} ‘and he lived’ provides immediate apodosis, stressing the resulting deliverance.
Root and etymology
Rootk-y-h
“to live”
In context — Numbers 21:9
And Moses made a serpent of bronze and set it upon the standard ; and it came to pass, if a serpent bit any man, when he looked at the bronze serpent he lived.
About this coordinate
Numbers 21:9:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Numbers 21:9, so the Hebrew word וָחָֽי׃ (vakhai) 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.21.9.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.21.9.W14.S1) and character.