Genesis 20:7:8Gen.20.7.W8PAT
וֶֽחְיֵ֑ה
vekheye
“live”
- Transliteration
- ve-khe-YE
- Extended
- veh-kheh-YEH
- IPA
- /və.ħə.ˈjeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- live
- French
- vis
- Spanish
- vive
- Portuguese
- vive
- German
- lebe
- Russian
- живи
- Arabic-Simplified
- عِشْ
- Hindi
- जीवित रह
- Chinese-Simplified
- 活着
- Korean
- 살아라
- Indonesian
- hiduplah
- Bengali
- বেঁচে থাক
- Tagalog
- mabuhay
- Swahili
- uishi
- Amharic
- ትኖር
- Yoruba
- ye
- Igbo
- dị ndụ
- Twi
- tena ase
- Ewe
- nɔ agbe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| 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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
ve-khe-YE
- clause
ve-at-TA ha-SHEV e-shet-ha-ISH ki-na-VI HU ve-yit-pal-LEL ba-a-de-KHA ve-khe-YE
- sentence
ve-at-TA ha-SHEV e-shet-ha-ISH ki-na-VI HU ve-yit-pal-LEL ba-a-de-KHA ve-khe-YE ve-im-ei-ne-KHA me-SHIV DA ki-MOT ta-MUT at-TA ve-khol-a-sher-LAKH
In context — Genesis 20:7
and now return wife of the man he for a prophet will pray for you live but if you do not return know that surely you and all that is yours you shall die
About this coordinate
Genesis 20:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 20:7, so the Hebrew word וֶֽחְיֵ֑ה (vekheye) 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.20.7.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.20.7.W8.S1) and character.