Numbers 24:23:6Num.24.23.W6TAB
יִחְיֶ֖ה
yikhye
“shall live”
- Transliteration
- yikh-YE
- Extended
- yikh-YEH
- IPA
- /jixˈje/
Meaning by language
- English
- shall live
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
יִחְ + יֶ֖ה
↓
yikh + ye
↓
yikhye
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
yikh-YE
- phraseyour reading level
MI yikh-YE
- clause
OI MI yikh-YE mi-su-MO EL
- sentence
va-yis-SA me-sha-LO va-yo-MAR OI MI yikh-YE mi-su-MO EL
Root and etymology
ḥ-y-hchet-yod-heh
“to live, exist”
In context — Numbers 24:23
And he lifted up his proverb and said, “Alas! Who can live when God does this ?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:23:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 24:23, so the Hebrew word יִחְיֶ֖ה (yikhye) 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.24.23.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.23.W6.S1) and character.