Deuteronomy 4:42:17Deut.4.42.W17PAT
וָחָֽי׃
vachai
“live”
- Transliteration
- va-CHAI
- Extended
- vaa-KHAI
- IPA
- /vaˈχaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- live
- French
- vivre
- Spanish
- vivir
- Portuguese
- viver
- German
- leben
- Russian
- жить
- Arabic-Simplified
- يحيى
- Hindi
- जीना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 活
- Korean
- 살다
- Indonesian
- hidup
- Bengali
- বেঁচে থাকা
- Tagalog
- mabuhay
- Swahili
- kuishi
- Amharic
- መኖር
- Yoruba
- yè
- Igbo
- dị ndụ
- Twi
- tena
- Ewe
- xɔ ɖe
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-CHAI
- clause
veh-NAS ehl-a-KHAT min-he-a-REEM ha-EL va-CHAI
- sentence
la-NUS shahm-MAH roh-TSEH-akh a-SHER yir-TSAKH et-re-EH-hu biv-LEE-DA-at ve-HU loh-so-NEH lo mit-TE-MOL shil-SHOM veh-NAS ehl-a-KHAT min-he-a-REEM ha-EL va-CHAI
In context — Deuteronomy 4:42
manslayer who kills his neighbor unintentionally and he not hating him from yesterday the day before yesterday flee to flee there to one from the cities these live
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 4:42:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Deuteronomy 4:42, so the Hebrew word וָחָֽי׃ (vachai) 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 Deut.4.42.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.4.42.W17.S1) and character.