Leviticus 18:5:8Lev.18.5.W8PAT
וָחַ֣י
vachai
“live”
- Transliteration
- va-CHAI
- Extended
- vah-KHAI
- IPA
- /vaˈχaj/
Meaning by language
- English
- live
- French
- vivre
- Spanish
- vivir
- Portuguese
- viver
- German
- leben
- Russian
- жить
- Arabic-Simplified
- يحيا
- Hindi
- जीना
- Chinese-Simplified
- 活
- Korean
- 살다
- Indonesian
- hidup
- Bengali
- বাঁচা
- Tagalog
- mabuhay
- Swahili
- kuishi
- Amharic
- መኖር
- Yoruba
- yè
- Igbo
- dị ndụ
- Twi
- tena ase
- Ewe
- nɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
va-CHAI
- phraseyour reading level
va-CHAI ba-HEM
- clause
u-sheh-MAR-TEM eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH o-TAM ha-a-DAM va-CHAI ba-HEM
- sentence
u-sheh-MAR-TEM eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH o-TAM ha-a-DAM va-CHAI ba-HEM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
In context — Leviticus 18:5
keep my statutes my ordinances which the person do them live by them I LORD
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 18:5, so the Hebrew word וָחַ֣י (vachai) 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 Lev.18.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.5.W8.S1) and character.