Genesis 42:2:10Gen.42.2.W10PAT

וְנִחְיֶ֖ה

venikhye

live

Transliteration
ve-ni-KHYE
Extended
veh-nih-KHYEH
IPA
/wə.ni.ˈħjɛ/

Meaning by language

English
live
French
vivre
Spanish
vivir
Portuguese
viver
German
leben
Russian
жить
Arabic-Simplified
وَنَحْيَا
Hindi
जीवित रहें
Chinese-Simplified
活着
Korean
살다
Indonesian
hidup
Bengali
বাঁচি
Tagalog
at mabuhay
Swahili
kuishi
Amharic
እንኑር
Yoruba
Igbo
dị ndụ
Twi
nya nkwa
Ewe
agbe

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
וְ + נִ + חְיֶ֖ה
ve + ni + khye
venikhye

Alphabet Analysis

Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-ni-KHYE

  2. clause

    re-DU-SHAM-mah ve-shiv-RU-LA-nu mi-SHAM ve-ni-KHYE ve-LO na-MUT

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer hi-NE sha-MA-ti KI yesh-SHE-ver be-mits-RA-yim re-DU-SHAM-mah ve-shiv-RU-LA-nu mi-SHAM ve-ni-KHYE ve-LO na-MUT

In contextGenesis 42:2

he said behold I have heard that there is grain in Egypt go down there buy for us from there live and not die

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 42:2, so the Hebrew word וְנִחְיֶ֖ה (venikhye) 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.42.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.2.W10.S1) and character.