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
Korean
살다
Indonesian
hidup
Bengali
বেঁচে থাকা
Tagalog
mabuhay
Swahili
kuishi
Amharic
መኖር
Yoruba
Igbo
dị ndụ
Twi
tena
Ewe
xɔ ɖe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וָ + חָֽי׃
va + chai
vachai

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Qametslong 'ah'
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    va-CHAI

  2. clause

    veh-NAS ehl-a-KHAT min-he-a-REEM ha-EL va-CHAI

  3. 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 contextDeuteronomy 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.