Genesis 17:18:6Gen.17.18.W6PAT
יִחְיֶ֥ה
yikheye
“might live”
- Transliteration
- yi-khe-YE
- Extended
- yih-kheh-YEH
- IPA
- /jiħ.ˈjɛ/
Meaning by language
- English
- might live
- French
- vive
- Spanish
- viva
- Russian
- пусть живёт
- Arabic-Simplified
- يَحْيَا
- Hindi
- जीवित रहे
- Chinese-Simplified
- 得以活着
- Swahili
- aishi
- Twi
- nnya nkwa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
יִ + חְ + יֶ֥ה
↓
yi + khe + ye
↓
yikheye
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a 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
yi-khe-YE
- phraseyour reading level
yi-khe-YE le-fa-NE-kha
- clause
LU yi-she-ma-EL yi-khe-YE le-fa-NE-kha
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-ve-ra-HAM el-ha-e-lo-HIM LU yi-she-ma-EL yi-khe-YE le-fa-NE-kha
In context — Genesis 17:18
Abraham and said to the God if only Ishmael might live before you
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:18:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 17:18, so the Hebrew word יִחְיֶ֥ה (yikheye) 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.17.18.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.18.W6.S1) and character.