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Strong's #2416 - חַי
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- adj
- living, alive
- green (of vegetation)
- flowing, fresh (of water)
- lively, active (of man)
- reviving (of the springtime)
- living, alive
- n m
- relatives
- life (abstract emphatic)
- life
- sustenance, maintenance
- n f
- living thing, animal
- animal
- life
- appetite
- revival, renewal
- community
- living thing, animal
- Book
- Word
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1171) ih (ההי HhY) AC: Live CO: Stomach AB: Life: When the stomach is empty one is famished and week and when it is filled one is revived. This organ is seen as the life as an empty stomach is like death but a revived stomach is life.
A) ih (ההי HhY) AC: ? CO: Stomach AB: Life
Nf ) ih (ההי HhY) - Stomach: Literally the organ that holds food (see Job 38:39) but figurative of life. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (508): live, life, beast, alive, creature, running, living thing, raw, springing, appetite, quick - Strongs: H
Nf3) tfih (ההיות HhYWT) - Living: KJV (1): living - Strongs: H2424 (חַיּוּת)
H) eih (ההיה HhYH) AC: ? CO: Sustenance AB: Life
V) eih (ההיה HhYH) - Live: The revival of life from food or other necessity. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (268): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) live, alive, save, quicken, revive, life, recover - Strongs: H2418 (חֲיָא), H2421 (חָיָה)
Nm) eih (ההיה HhYH) - Lively: Having the vigor of life. KJV (1): lively - Strongs: H2422 (חָיֶה)
hf1) eihm (מההיה MHhYH) - Sustenance: A food that revives life. KJV (8): revive, quick, preserve life, sustenance, victuals, recover - Strongs: H4241 (מִחְיָה)
K) fih (ההיו HhYW) AC: ? CO: Beast AB: ?
Nf1 ) efih (ההיוה HhYWH) - Beast: A living creature. [Aramaic only] KJV (20): beast - Strongs: H2423 (חֵיוָה)
M) iih (ההיי HhYY) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Life
V) iih (ההיי HhYY) - Live: KJV (23): (vf: Paal, Piel) live, life - Strongs: H2425 (חָיַי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1. a. of God, as the living one, the fountain of life אֵל חַי Joshua 3:10 (J), Hosea 2:1; Psalm 42:3; Psalm 84:3; אלהים חי 2 Kings 19:4,16 = Isaiah 37:4,17; אלהים חיים Deuteronomy 5:23; 1 Samuel 17:26,36; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 23:36; חי יהוה Yahweh is living Psalm 18:47 = 2 Samuel 22:47; גאלי חי my avenger is living Job 19:25; the formula of the oath is ׳חַי י Judges 8:19; Ruth 3:13; 1 Samuel 14:39,45; 1 Samuel 19:6; 1 Samuel 20:21; 1 Samuel 25:34; 1 Samuel 26:10,16; 1 Samuel 28:10; 1 Samuel 29:6; 2 Samuel 4:9; 2 Samuel 12:5; 2 Samuel 14:11; 2 Samuel 15:21; 1 Kings 1:29; 1 Kings 2:24; 1 Kings 17:1,12; 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 22:14 2 Chronicles 18:13; 2 Kings 5:16,20; Hosea 4:15; Jeremiah 4:2; Jeremiah 5:2; Jeremiah 12:16; Jeremiah 16:14,15; Jeremiah 23:7,8; Jeremiah 38:16; חי אל Job 27:2; האלהים׳ח 2 Samuel 2:27; ׳חי אדני י Jeremiah 44:26; צבאות׳תי י 1 Kings 18:15; 2 Kings 3:14; as used by God Himself it is חי אנכי Deuteronomy 32:40, elsewhere חי אני Numbers 14:21,28 (P) Isaiah 49:18; Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 46:18; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 14:16,18,20; Ezekiel 16:48; Ezekiel 17:16,19; Ezekiel 18:3; Ezekiel 20:3,31,33; Ezekiel 33:11,27; Ezekiel 34:8; Ezekiel 35:6,11; Zephaniah 2:9, compare also חֵי דרךבאר שׁבע, חֵי אלהיך דן Amos 8:14; with the exception of בְּחֵי הָעֹולָם by him who liveth for ever Daniel 12:7, חֵי is always (as an artificial distinction of scribes) used of non-sacred oaths, see
b. of man: אָדָם חַי a living man Lamentations 3:39, in antith חי חי ׃מֵת Isaiah 38:19; הַחַי collective Ecclesiastes 7:2; Absalom 2 Samuel 19:7; Naboth 1 Kings 21:15; a son or lad 2 Samuel 12:21; 1 Kings 3:22 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 3:23 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 3:25,26 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 3:27; 1 Kings 17:23; usually plural חיים alive, living Numbers 16:30,33 (J), Numbers 17:13 (P), Deuteronomy 4:4; Deuteronomy 5:3; Isaiah 8:19; Psalm 55:16; Psalm 124:3; Proverbs 1:12; Ecclesiastes 4:2 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 4:15; Ecclesiastes 6:8; Ecclesiastes 9:4,5; Ruth 2:20; taking prisoners alive Joshua 8:23 (J) 1 Samuel 15:8; 1 Kings 20:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:12; 2 Kings 10:14 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 25:12; living (prosperously) 1 Samuel 25:6 (We reads לָחִי = לְאָחִי (see Klo Dr) to my brother, after ᵑ9 fratribus meis); elsewhere in phrase (פני) האדמה כלהֿימים אשׁר הֵם (אַתֶּם) חיים על all the days that they (ye) live upon (the face of) of the land Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 31:13; 1 Kings 8:40 2 Chronicles 6:31. Note phrases: עוֺד חַי (יםׅ yet alive Genesis 25:6; Genesis 43:7,27,28; Genesis 45:28; Genesis 46:30 (J), Genesis 45:3,26; Exodus 4:18 (E), Deuteronomy 31:27; 1 Samuel 20:14; 2 Samuel 12:22; 2 Samuel 18:14; 1 Kings 20:32; בהיות חי 2 Samuel 12:18; 1 Kings 12:6; 2 Chronicles 10:6; אֶרֶץ (ה)חַיִים land of the living Isaiah 38:11; Isaiah 53:8; Jeremiah 11:19; Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 32:23,24,25,26,27,32; Psalm 27:13; Psalm 52:7; Psalm 142:6; Job 28:13; ׳ארצות הח Psalm 116:9; ׳ספר ח Psalm 69:29; ׳צרור הח bundle of the living 1 Samuel 25:29; ׳אור הח light of the living Job 33:30; Psalm 56:14. In the oath by life of men חי is pointed always חֵי אדני ׃חֵיהמלך as my lord the king liveth 2 Samuel 15:21; חֵי פרעה Genesis 42:15,16 (E); חֵי נַפְשְׁךָ 1 Samuel 1:26; 1 Samuel 17:55; 2 Samuel 14:19; ׳חַוְחֵי נַפְשְׁךָ ׳י as Yahweh liveth and as thy soul (or thyself) liveth 1 Samuel 20:3; 1 Samuel 25:26; 2 Kings 2:2,4,6; 2 Kings 4:30 חַיֶּךָ׳וְחֵי נ 2 Samuel 11:11 (but on text see We Dr).
c. of animals, alive, living: ox Exodus 21:35; Exodus 22:3 (E); goat Leviticus 16:10,20,21 (P); bird Leviticus 14:4,6 (twice in verse); Leviticus 14:7,51,53; dog, לְכֶלֶבחַי הוּא טוֺב מִןהָֿאַרְיֵה הַמֵּת Ecclesiastes 9:4 (compare Arabic proverb Kelb µei wa-lâ meijit, a living dog and no dead lion Wetzst Verhand. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878,388); reptiles Genesis 1:28 (P); animals in General Genesis 9:3 (P); בשׂר חי living, raw flesh Leviticus 13:10,14,15 (twice in verse); Leviticus 13:16 (P) 1 Samuel 2:15.
d. animals and man, phrases for either or both: ׳כל ח Genesis 3:20; Genesis 8:21 (J) Job 12:10; Job 28:21; Job 30:23; Psalm 143:2; Psalm 145:16; כל החי Genesis 6:19 (P); נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה Genesis 1:20,24,30 (P) Genesis 2:7,19 (J); כל נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה Genesis 9:12,15,16 (P) Ezekiel 47:9; כל נפשׁ החיה Genesis 1:21; Genesis 9:10; Leviticus 11:10,46 (P).
e. (dubious) of vegetation, as thorns, green, Psalm 58:10 (Ges Ew Ol Pe, but De Ri Che Bae raw flesh, see
c. above near the end) feminine of water, flowing, fresh מים חיים Genesis 26:19 (J), Leviticus 14:5,6,50,51,52; Leviticus 15:13; Numbers 19:17 (P), Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13; Zechariah 14:8; Song of Solomon 4:15.
2 (dubious) lively, active: אישׁ חַי an active man 2 Samuel 23:20 (but Qr אישׁ חַיִל is to be preferred); איבי חיים mine enemies are lively Psalm 38:20 ( Revelation , but Houb Ol Ew Hu Che and others read חִנָּם, "" שׁקר).
3 reviving: כָּעֵת חַיָּה at the time (when it is) reviving, the spring Genesis 18:10,14 (J), 2 Kings 4:16,17.
II. [חַי] noun [masculine] kinsfolk (Arabic a group of families united by vital ties RS K 36-40 Dr Sm 119), plural suffix חַיַּי 1 Samuel 18:18, incorrectly pointed with the interpretation my life Revelation , but read חַיִּי my kins-flok, We Ki Dr RS SS RVm VB. It is explained by the gloss משׁפחת אבי We (Klo reads אַחַי וּ).
I. חַיָּה noun feminine living thing, animal (Zinjirli wild beast DHM Sendsch. 34) — ׳ח Genesis 8:17 +; construct חַיַּת Isaiah 57:10 +; old case ending (poetic) חַיְתוֺ Genesis 1:24; Psalm 50:10; Psalm 79:2; Psalm 104:11; Psalm 104:20; Isaiah 56:9 (twice in verse); Zephaniah 2:14; suffix חַיָּתִי Psalm 143:3, etc.; plural חַיּוֺת Leviticus 14:4 12t. —
1 animal, as living, active being:
a. in General, Genesis 8:17; Leviticus 11:2,27,47 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:3 (P) Psalm 104:25; Isaiah 46:1; Daniel 8:4.
b. wild animals, on account of their vital energy and activity Genesis 7:14,21; Genesis 8:1,19; Genesis 9:5 (P) Leviticus 17:13; Leviticus 25:7 (H) Job 37:8; Psalm 148:10; Isaiah 40:16; Ezekiel 14:15; Ezekiel 33:27; Zephaniah 2:14,15; ׳חקנה Psalm 68:31 wild animal of the reeds; רעה׳ח evil beast Genesis 37:20,33 (JE) Leviticus 26:6 (H) Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 14:15,21; Ezekiel 34:25; טמאה׳ח Leviticus 5:2 (P) unclean beast; הארץ׳ח Genesis 1:25,30; Genesis 9:2,10 (twice in verse) (P) 1 Samuel 17:46; Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 32:4; Ezekiel 34:28; Job 5:22; חיתו ארץ Genesis 1:24 (P) Psalm 79:2; השׂדה׳ח Exodus 23:11,29 (covt. code.) Leviticus 26:22 (H) Deuteronomy 7:22; 2 Samuel 21:10; 2 Kings 14:9 2 Chronicles 25:18; Hosea 2:14; Hosea 2:20; Hosea 4:3; Hosea 13:8; Isaiah 43:20; Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 28:14; Ezekiel 38:20; Ezekiel 39:4; Job 5:23; Job 39:15; השׂדה׳כל ח Genesis 2:19,20; Genesis 3:1,14 (J) Job 40:20; Jeremiah 12:9; Ezekiel 31:6,13; Ezekiel 34:5,8; Ezekiel 39:17; חיתושׂדי Isaiah 56:9; Psalm 104:11; חיתו (ב)יער Isaiah 56:9; Psalm 50:10; Psalm 104:20; מְּרִיץ חיות Isaiah 35:9 destroyer among beasts.
c. living beings, of the cherubic chariot Ezekiel 1:5,13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:14,15 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:19 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:20,21,22; Ezekiel 3:13; Ezekiel 10:15,17,20.
2 life, only in late poetry, Psalm 143:3; Job 33:18,20,22,28; Job 36:14; Ezekiel 7:13 (twice in verse), and (dubious) Psalm 74:19; Psalm 78:50.
3 appetite, activity of hunger: חית כפרים appetite of young lions Job 38:39.
4 revival, renewal: חַיַּת יָדֵךְ מָצָאתְ thou didst find renewal of thy strength ( Revelation -invigoration) Isaiah 57:10; see חָיָה 2.
II. חַיָּה noun feminine (si vera lectio) community ( = feminine of II. חַי according to Nö ZMG, 1886,176) — וְחַיַּת מְּלִשְׁתִּים חֹנָה and a community of Philistines (i.e. a group of allied families, making a raid together) was encamping 2 Samuel 23:13 ( = מַחֲנֵה 1 Chronicles 11:15); perhaps also Psalm 68:11 (compare below)
Note. — Several other passages are dubious: וַיֵּאָסְפוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים לַחַיָּה 2 Samuel 23:11 assembled into a troop, or by bands ( Revelation , but neither rendering justified: Bö Ew We Klo Dr rightly read לֶ֫חְיָה to Leµi, compare Judges 15:9 word omitted by accident in "" 1 Chronicles 11:13 Dr); חַיָּתְךָ יָָֽשְׁבוּבָֿהּ Psalm 68:11 thy troop dwelt in it (Thes SS RVm Hi Ri Che, but ᵐ5ᵑ6 Jerome Pe thy ( living) creatures, of the people; Hup id., reference to quails; improbable); אַלתִּֿתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תּוֺרֶךָ חַיַּתעֲנִיֶּיךָ אַלתִּֿשְׁכַּח לָנֶ֫צַח Psalm 74:19 give not the soul of thy turtle-dove to the wild beasts, the life of thine afflicted do not forget for ever: RV Hi Pe Bae Sch render thus, giving חית different meanings in the two clauses, the former being archaic feminine absolute Ges§ 80, 2. R. 2; text doubtless corrupt, read possibly למות Schr Ri, for לחית, or לשׁחת Kroch; Gr either of these; Che either, or better לחרב.
חַיִּים noun masculine Deuteronomy 28:66
plural abstract emphatic life, ׳ח Genesis 2:7 +; חַיִּין Job 24:22 (Aramaism Ges§ 87 (1) a); חַיֵּי Genesis 23:1 +; suffix חַיַּי Genesis 47:9 +; חַיָּ֑יְכִי Psalm 103:4; (Ges§ 91 (2) R. 2), etc.; —
1 life: physical Genesis 27:46; Exodus 1:14 (P), Deuteronomy 28:66 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 11:11; 2 Samuel 15:21; Isaiah 38:12; Jeremiah 8:23; Lamentations 3:53,58; Ezekiel 7:13; Job 3:20; Job 7:7; Job 9:21; Job 10:12; Job 24:22; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 17:14; Psalm 21:5; Psalm 26:9; Psalm 31:11; Psalm 34:13; Psalm 63:4; Psalm 64:2; Psalm 66:9; Psalm 88:4; Psalm 103:4; Proverbs 18:21; Ecclesiastes 2:17; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 7:13; Ecclesiastes 9:9 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 10:19; Jonah 2:7; Jonah 4:3,8; חַיֵּי שׂרה life of Sarah Genesis 23:1(P) ׳שְׁנֵי ח years of the life of 2 Samuel 19:35; Genesis 23:1; Genesis 25:7,17; Genesis 47:8,9 (twice in verse); Genesis 47:28; Exodus 6:16,18,20 (P); ׳שָׁנָה לח Genesis 7:11 (P); שְׁנוֺת חַיִּים Proverbs 3:2; Proverbs 4:10; Proverbs 9:11; ׳יְמֵי ח days of the life of Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 5:17; Ecclesiastes 5:19; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Ecclesiastes 8:15; Ecclesiastes 9:9; ׳כֹּל יְמֵי ח Genesis 3:14,17 (J) Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 16:3; Deuteronomy 17:19; Joshua 1:5; Joshua 4:14 (D) 1 Samuel 1:11; 1 Samuel 7:15; 1 Kings 5:1; 1 Kings 11:34; 1 Kings 15:5,6; 2 Kings 25:29,30 = Jeremiah 52:33,34; Isaiah 38:20 (poem of Hez.) Psalm 23:6; Psalm 27:4; Psalm 128:5; Proverbs 31:12; ׳בּח in or during one's life Genesis 27:46 (P) Leviticus 18:18 (H) Judges 16:30; 2 Samuel 1:23; 2 Samuel 18:18; Psalm 49:19; Psalm 63:5; Psalm 104:33; Psalm 146:2; Job 10:1; Ecclesiastes 3:12; Ecclesiastes 9:3; ׳רוּחַ ח Genesis 6:17; Genesis 7:15 (P); רוּחִי׳ח Isaiah 38:16 (poem of Hez.); בשׂרים׳ח Proverbs 14:30; ׳נִשְׁמַת (רוּחַ) ח Genesis 2:7; Genesis 7:22 (J).
2 life: as welfare and happiness in king's presence Proverbs 16:15; as consisting of earthly felicity combined (often) with spiritual blessedness Deuteronomy 30:6,15,19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 30:20; Deuteronomy 32:47; Psalm 30:6; Psalm 133:3; Proverbs 3:22; Proverbs 4:13,22; Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 10:16; Proverbs 11:19; Proverbs 12:28; Proverbs 19:23; Proverbs 21:21; Proverbs 22:4; Malachi 2:5; used only once distinctly of eternal life (late) עולם׳ח Daniel 12:2; אֵל חַיָּ֑י Psalm 42:9 God of my life; ׳מעוז ח Psalm 27:1; ׳מקור ח Psalm 36:10; Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 13:14; Proverbs 14:27; Proverbs 16:22; עֵץ (ה)חַיִּים Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22,24 (J) Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4; ׳ארח ח Psalm 16:11; Proverbs 5:6; Proverbs 15:24; ׳ארח לח Proverbs 10:17; ׳ארחות ח Proverbs 2:19; דֶּרֶךְ(ה)חַיִּים Proverbs 6:23; Jeremiah 21:8; ׳חקּות ח Ezekiel 33:15; ׳תּוצאות ח Proverbs 4:23 sources (origin and direction) of life; ׳תוכחת ח Proverbs 15:31; כָּתוּב לַחַיִּים Isaiah 4:3 written unto life.
3 sustenance, maintenance: חַיִּיםלְנַעֲרוֺתֶיךָ Proverbs 27:27 maintenance for thy maidens, see מִחְיַה below
חַי adjective living (Biblical Hebrew id); —
1 of God: absolute ׳ח Daniel 4:31, emphatic חַיָא Daniel 6:21. 27; men, plural emphatic חַיַיָא the lilving Daniel 2:30; Daniel 4:14.
2 plural as abstract noun life (Biblical Hebrew חַיִּים): חַיִּין Daniel 7:12; construct חַיֵּי Ezra 6:10.
חֵיוָא, חֵיוָה noun feminine beast (Biblical Hebrew II. חַיָה); — absolute אָ֯ Daniel 4:13, הָ֯ Daniel 7:5. Daniel 7:7; emphatic חֵיוְתָא Daniel 7:6. Daniel 7:11. Daniel 7:19,23, and (collective) Daniel 4:11,12; Daniel 5:21; construct (collective) חֵיוַת בָּרָא Daniel 2:38; Daniel 4:9,18,20,22,29; plural absolute חֵיוָן Daniel 7:3, emphatic חֵיוָתָא Daniel 7:7,12. Daniel 7:17.
חַי constr. חֵי fem. חַיָּה, pl. חַיִּים fem. חַיּוֹת (from the root חָיַי).
(A) adj.
(1) alive, living, Genesis 43:7, חַי הֲעוֹד אֲבִיכֶם “is your father yet alive?” verses 27 Genesis 43:27, 28 Genesis 43:28, 45:3, 26 Genesis 45:26, 46:30. כָּל חַי “every living thing;” Genesis 3:20, 8:21. חֵי הָעוֹלָם “he who lives for ever,” i.e. God, Daniel 12:7. This is an accustomed formula in swearing, חַי יְהֹוָה “Jehovah (is) living,” i.e. as God liveth; Ruth 3:13; 1 Samuel 14:45. חַי אֱלֹהִים 2 Samuel 2:27 poet. חַי אֵל Job 27:2, and חַי אָנִי “as I live,” when Jehovah himself swears, Numbers 14:21, 28 Numbers 14:28; Deuteronomy 32:40; Jeremiah 22:24; Ezekiel 5:11, 14:16, 18 Ezekiel 14:18, 20 Ezekiel 14:20, etc.; also used of the oath of a king, Jeremiah 46:18, [but this King is יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת שְׁמוֹ]. חַיִּים “those who are alive,” i.e. men. Ecclesiastes 6:8, אֶרֶץ חַיִּים “the land of the living,” as opposed to the place or state of the dead (Hades), Ezekiel 26:20, 32:23.
(2) lively, vigorous, 2 Samuel 23:20, according to כתיב: (אִישׁ חַיִל קרי). Compare חָיֶה. Also, flourishing, prosperous [“according to some”], 1 Samuel 25:6.
(3) reviving; hence metaph. כָּעֵת חַיָּה Genesis 18:10, 14 Genesis 18:14; 2 Kings 4:16, 17 2 Kings 4:17 at the reviving of the season, i.e. the year, in the next spring, when the winter is past, περιπλομένου ἐνιαυτοῦ (Od. xi. 247).
(4) raw, used of flesh, 1 Samuel 2:15; Leviticus 13:14, seq.
(5) fresh, as of a plant in its greenness, Psalms 58:10 as of running water, opposed to that which is stagnant and putrescent, which is caned in Arabic اما امبت dead water. Genesis 26:19; Leviticus 14:5, 50 Leviticus 14:50.
(B) subst. life, Leviticus 25:36. [ 1 Samuel 25:6, “and say ye thus, לֶחָי֑ to life (i.e. to welfare), hail!” to be regarded as a form of salutation, and not as being here the adj. See Thes.] So in the formula of swearing, [“when by created things”]. חֵי פַרְעֹה by the life of Pharaoh, Genesis 42:15, 16 Genesis 42:16חֵי נַפְשְׁךָ by thy life, 1 Samuel 1:26, 17:55. The name of Jehovah is in the same sentence preceded by חַי (see letter A, 1); whence חַי יְהֹוָה וְחֵי נַפְשְׁךָ 1 Samuel 20:3, 25:26. It is much more usual to use in this sense the
Pl. חַיִּים, once חַיִּין Job 24:22, life, Genesis 2:7, 3:14 17:7, 15 Genesis 17:15, etc. רוּחַ חַ֤יִּים the breath of life, Genesis 6:17 עֵץ הַחַיִּים the tree of life, i.e. of life of long duration, θεοεικελοῦ or immortality, Genesis 2:9 compare 3:22, 24. Hence
(a) living, sustenance, βίος, Proverbs 27:27.
(b) refreshment, Proverbs 3:22, 4:22.
(c) prosperity, welfare (comp. Syr. ܚܰܪ̈ܐܶ Luke 19:9, for the Greek σωτηρία), happiness, Psalms 34:13; Proverbs 4:22, 23 12:28 13:14 14:27. אֹרַה חַיִּים the way of welfare, Proverbs 2:19, 5:6.
חַי Ch. emph. st. חַיָּא, pl. חַיִּין.
(1) adj. alive, living, Daniel 2:30, 4:14, 31 6:21, 27.
(2) Pl. חַיִּין as a subst. life, Ezra 6:10; Daniel 7:12.