Genesis 42:18:8Gen.42.18.W8PAT

וִֽחְי֑וּ

vikheyu

live

Transliteration
vi-khe-YU
Extended
vih-kheh-YOO
IPA
/wi.ħə.ˈjuː/

Meaning by language

English
live
French
vivez
Spanish
vivid
Portuguese
vivei
German
lebt
Russian
живите
Arabic-Simplified
وتحيوا
Hindi
जीवित रहो
Chinese-Simplified
Korean
살아라
Indonesian
hiduplah
Bengali
বাঁচো
Tagalog
at mabuhay
Swahili
ishini
Amharic
ኑሩ
Yoruba
Igbo
dịrị ndụ
Twi
monnya nkwa
Ewe
nɔ agbe

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Result
וִֽ + חְ + י֑וּ
vi + khe + yu
vikheyu

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    vi-khe-YU

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM yo-SEF ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI ZOT a-SU vi-khe-YU

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer a-le-HEM yo-SEF ba-YOM ha-she-li-SHI ZOT a-SU vi-khe-YU et-ha-e-lo-HIM a-NI ya-RE

In contextGenesis 42:18

said to them Joseph on the day third this do live God I fear

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:18:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 42:18, so the Hebrew word וִֽחְי֑וּ (vikheyu) 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.42.18.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.18.W8.S1) and character.