Abstract. An α-cluster model is applied to study low-lying spectrum of the 9 Λ Be hypernicleus. The ααΛ threebody problem is numerically solved by the Faddeev equations in configuration space using phenomenological pair potentials. Found is a set of the potentials that reproduces experimental data for the ground state ( 1 2 + ) binding energy and excitation energy of the 5 2 + and 3 2 + states, simultaneously. This set includes the Ali-Bodmer potential of version "e" for αα and modified Tang-Herndon potential for αΛ interactions. The spin-orbit αΛ interaction is given by modified Scheerbaum potential. Low-lying energy levels are evaluated applying a variant of the analytical continuation method in coupling constant, and the experimental data for excitation energies are well reproduced by our calculations. This result improves previous α-cluster calculations. It is shown that the spectral properties of 9 Λ Be can be classified as an analog of 9 Be spectrum with the exception of several "genuine hypernuclear states", which agrees qualitatively with previous studies. The energy splitting of spin-flip doublet ( 9 2 + , 7 2 + ) is predicted.