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ḥay חַיAalive, Bkinsfolk, Cliving thing, Dcommunity, Elife’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ḥāyā חָיָה ‘to live’
Roots: חיה
Variants: חַיָּה, חַי, חַיִּים

ḥay Aadj Bn, m Cn, f Dn, f En, m
Aadj
1) living, alive
 1a) green (of vegetation)
 1b) flowing, fresh (of water)
 1c) lively, active (of man)
 1d) reviving (of the springtime)
B1) kinsfolk
C1) living thing, animal
 1a) animal
 1b) life
 1c) appetite
 1d) revival, renewal
D1) community
E1) life (abstract emphatic)
 1a) life
 1b) sustenance, maintenance

Mentioned in Genesis 43:7, 43:27, 43:28, 45:3, 47:9, 25:6, 25:7, 2:7, 2:19, 2:20, 3:20, 3:22, 3:24, 7:21, 8:21, 9:5, 3:17, 5:5, 1:25, 2:9, 9:2, 18:10, 9:12, 42:15, 42:16, 37:20, 46:30, 3:1, 3:14, 37:33, 1:30, 9:3, 6:19, 7:15, 18:14, 25:17, 27:46, 47:8, 1:20, 1:21, 1:24, 1:28, 8:1, 9:16, 45:26, 45:28, 6:17, 7:22, 7:11, 47:28, 7:14, 8:17, 8:19, 9:10, 9:15, 26:19, 23:1 Exodus 23:11, 6:20, 4:18, 23:29, 21:35, 6:16, 22:3, 1:14, 6:18 Codex Leviticus 16:20, 16:21, 5:2, 13:16, 17:13, 14:4, 14:6, 14:51, 14:52, 14:5, 14:50, 18:18, 11:10, 26:6, 11:2, 11:47, 25:7, 14:53, 11:27, 11:46, 16:10, 13:15, 14:7, 26:22, 15:13, 13:10, 13:14 Numbers 16:33, 16:30, 14:21, 14:28, 19:17, 35:3, 17:13 Deuteronomy 5:3, 12:1, 30:20, 4:10, 31:13, 32:47, 30:6, 31:27, 16:3, 7:22, 32:40, 17:19, 4:4, 5:26, 6:2, 28:66, 30:19, 4:9, 30:15 Joshua 1:5, 3:10, 8:23, 4:14 Judges 8:19, 16:30 1 Samuel 18:18, 20:3, 17:55, 15:8, 1:26, 25:26, 25:29, 26:16, 20:31, 26:10, 25:34, 17:36, 14:39, 20:21, 1:11, 2:15, 17:26, 29:6, 14:45, 17:46, 19:6, 20:14, 28:10, 25:6, 7:15 2 Samuel 18:14, 18:18, 19:7, 23:11, 11:11, 14:19, 15:21, 1:23, 2:27, 4:9, 21:10, 12:18, 12:5, 23:20, 12:21, 19:35, 23:13, 14:11, 22:47, 12:22 1 Kings 2:24, 8:40, 12:6, 3:26, 18:10, 15:5, 20:32, 17:1, 21:15, 3:25, 3:22, 17:12, 18:15, 22:14, 17:23, 3:27, 20:18, 1:29, 3:23, 5:1, 11:34, 15:6 2 Kings 4:16, 5:20, 19:4, 19:16, 4:30, 10:14, 25:29, 2:2, 3:14, 4:17, 7:12, 14:9, 2:4, 2:6, 5:16, 25:30 Isaiah 38:19, 37:4, 38:11, 38:16, 38:12, 8:19, 37:17, 40:16, 56:9, 4:3, 57:10, 49:18, 35:9, 53:8, 46:1, 43:20, 38:20 Jeremiah 16:15, 23:8, 44:26, 23:36, 38:16, 52:33, 12:9, 21:8, 27:6, 28:14, 10:10, 11:19, 5:2, 12:16, 22:24, 16:14, 23:7, 4:2, 46:18, 52:34, 17:13, 2:13, 8:3 Ezekiel 39:4, 1:5, 14:21, 20:3, 38:20, 39:17, 5:11, 14:16, 14:18, 14:20, 16:48, 17:16, 17:19, 18:3, 20:31, 20:33, 32:32, 33:11, 33:27, 34:8, 35:6, 35:11, 1:15, 1:19, 1:20, 1:21, 3:13, 34:28, 7:13, 29:5, 34:5, 26:20, 31:13, 32:24, 47:9, 10:20, 5:17, 14:15, 32:4, 32:23, 32:25, 32:26, 32:27, 34:25, 1:13, 10:15, 10:17, 1:14, 33:15, 31:6, 1:22 Hosea 4:3, 2:20, 2:14, 13:8, 4:15, 2:1 Amos 8:14 Jonah 2:7, 4:8, 4:3 Zephaniah 2:15, 2:9, 2:14 Zechariah 14:8 Malachi 2:5 Psalms 68:31, 34:13, 52:7, 27:1, 36:10, 56:14, 124:3, 27:4, 58:10, 7:6, 38:20, 64:2, 143:3, 104:25, 26:9, 23:6, 69:29, 74:19, 143:2, 42:3, 42:9, 84:3, 142:6, 68:11, 104:33, 146:2, 18:47, 50:10, 27:13, 31:11, 30:6, 78:50, 16:11, 21:5, 79:2, 116:9, 133:3, 145:16, 148:10, 17:14, 49:19, 63:5, 128:5, 103:4, 104:20, 55:16, 63:4, 66:9, 88:4, 104:11 Proverbs 18:21, 16:22, 6:23, 16:15, 15:31, 4:13, 12:28, 4:10, 2:19, 5:6, 10:17, 15:24, 3:2, 3:18, 13:12, 1:12, 27:27, 19:23, 4:22, 14:30, 31:12, 3:22, 10:16, 4:23, 8:35, 9:11, 10:11, 11:19, 11:30, 13:14, 14:27, 15:4, 21:21, 22:4 Job 24:22, 5:23, 33:30, 3:20, 33:28, 19:25, 12:10, 5:22, 27:2, 28:13, 9:21, 37:8, 40:20, 30:23, 10:1, 39:15, 33:20, 7:7, 10:12, 28:21, 33:18, 33:22, 36:14, 38:39 Song of Songs 4:15 Ruth 2:20, 3:13 Lamentations 3:53, 3:39, 3:58 Ecclesiastes 7:2, 2:3, 6:12, 8:15, 9:3, 9:9, 3:12, 9:5, 5:17, 9:4, 5:19, 4:2, 4:15, 2:17, 10:19, 6:8 Daniel 12:2, 8:4, 12:7 2 Chronicles 6:31, 10:6, 25:18, 18:13, 25:12

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