Exodus 1:16:12Exod.1.16.W12PAT

וָחָֽיָה׃

vakhaya

“and she shall live”

Transliteration: va-kha-YA
Extended: vah-khah-YAA
IPA: /vaː.ħaˈjaː/

Meaning by language

English: and she shall live
French: et elle vivra
Spanish: y vivirá
Portuguese: e viverá
German: und sie soll leben
Russian: и она будет жить
Arabic-Simplified: فتحيا
Hindi: और वह जीवित रहे
Chinese-Simplified: 就存活
Korean: 그리고 그녀는 살 것이다
Indonesian: dan dia harus hidup
Bengali: আর সে বেঁচে থাকবে
Tagalog: at mabubuhay siya
Swahili: naye ataishi
Amharic: እና ትኖራለች
Yoruba: ó sì yè
Igbo: ọ ga-adị ndụ
Twi: na ɔbɛtra ase
Ewe: eye wòaɖi agbe

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Result

וָ + חָֽ + יָה׃

↓

va + kha + ya

↓

vakhaya

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
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
va-kha-YA
clause
im-BEN HU va-ha-mit-TEN o-TO ve-im-BAT HI va-kha-YA
sentence
va-YO-mer be-yal-LED-khen et-ha-iv-ri-YOT u-re-i-TEN al-ha-ov-NA-yim im-BEN HU va-ha-mit-TEN o-TO ve-im-BAT HI va-kha-YA

In context — Exodus 1:16

and he said when you serve as midwives to the Hebrew women and you see upon the stones if a son he and you shall kill him and if a daughter she and she shall live

About this coordinate

Exodus 1:16:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 1:16, so the Hebrew word וָחָֽיָה׃ (vakhaya) 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 Exod.1.16.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.1.16.W12.S1) and character.

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