Genesis 1:20:7Gen.1.20.W7PAT
חַיָּ֑ה
khaya
“living”
- Transliteration
- kha-YA
- Extended
- khah-YAA
- IPA
- /ħaj.ˈjaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- living
- French
- vivantes
- Spanish
- vivientes
- Portuguese
- viventes
- German
- lebende
- Russian
- живые
- Arabic-Simplified
- حَيَّةٍ
- Hindi
- जीवित
- Chinese-Simplified
- 活的
- Korean
- 살아 있는
- Indonesian
- hidup
- Bengali
- জীবন্ত
- Tagalog
- buhay
- Swahili
- hai
- Amharic
- ሕያዋን
- Yoruba
- alààyè
- Igbo
- dị ndụ
- Twi
- a ɛte ase
- Ewe
- agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
kha-YA
- phraseyour reading level
NE-fesh kha-YA
- clause
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA
- sentence
va-YO-mer e-lo-HIM yish-re-TSU ham-MA-yim SHE-rets NE-fesh kha-YA ve-OF ye-o-FEF al-ha-A-rets al-pe-NE re-KEE-a hash-sha-MA-yim
In context — Genesis 1:20
God {And He} said the waters swarm with swarms of creatures living {And} birds fly over the earth across the surface of the expanse of the heavens
About this coordinate
Genesis 1:20:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 1:20, so the Hebrew word חַיָּ֑ה (khaya) 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 Gen.1.20.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.1.20.W7.S1) and character.