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ḥāyā חָיָה ‘to live’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare ḥāwā חָוָה ‘to tell’, ḥāyay חָיַי ‘to live’

ḥāyā v
1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to live
1a1a) to have life
1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive
1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon
1a1d) to live (prosperously)
  1a2) to revive, be quickened
1a2a) from sickness
1a2b) from discouragement
1a2c) from faintness
1a2d) from death
 1b) (Piel)
  1b1) to preserve alive, let live
  1b2) to give life
  1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh
1b3a) to restore to life
1b3b) to cause to grow
1b3c) to restore
1b3d) to revive
 1c) (Hiphil)
  1c1) to preserve alive, let live
  1c2) to quicken, revive
1c2a) to restore (to health)
1c2b) to revive
1c2c) to restore to life

Mentioned in Genesis 19:32, 19:34, 43:8, 45:27, 50:22, 17:18, 11:26, 47:25, 5:3, 6:20, 47:19, 27:40, 31:32, 12:13, 5:7, 5:10, 5:13, 5:16, 5:19, 5:26, 5:30, 9:28, 11:11, 11:13, 11:15, 11:17, 11:19, 11:21, 11:23, 11:25, 20:7, 6:19, 42:18, 45:7, 50:20, 12:12, 42:2, 5:6, 5:9, 19:19, 11:16, 47:28, 11:12, 7:3, 5:12, 5:15, 5:18, 5:21, 5:25, 11:14, 11:18, 11:20, 11:22, 11:24, 5:28, 19:20 Exodus 19:13, 1:17, 1:18, 1:22, 22:17 Codex Leviticus 25:35, 25:36 Numbers 4:19, 24:23, 22:33, 14:38, 31:15, 31:18 Deuteronomy 4:1, 8:1, 8:3, 30:16, 32:39, 33:6, 6:24, 20:16, 4:33, 5:26, 5:33, 16:20, 30:19 Joshua 2:13, 6:25, 14:10, 9:21, 5:8, 6:17, 9:20, 9:15 Judges 8:19, 15:19, 21:14 1 Samuel 10:24, 27:9, 27:11, 2:6 2 Samuel 16:16, 1:10, 12:3, 8:2 1 Kings 1:25, 1:31, 1:39, 18:5, 20:31, 20:32, 17:22, 1:34 2 Kings 10:19, 8:5, 8:14, 1:2, 14:17, 4:7, 5:7, 8:8, 13:21, 18:32, 7:4, 8:1, 8:9, 8:10, 20:1, 11:12, 20:7 Isaiah 26:14, 38:16, 26:19, 55:3, 7:21, 38:1, 38:21, 57:15, 38:9 Jeremiah 35:7, 27:17, 27:12, 38:2, 38:17, 38:20, 49:11, 21:9 Ezekiel 18:17, 18:19, 33:10, 33:12, 37:3, 37:9, 37:14, 13:18, 18:9, 18:23, 18:32, 33:11, 37:5, 13:19, 47:9, 18:13, 3:18, 16:6, 33:13, 13:22, 20:25, 37:6, 18:21, 18:22, 18:27, 18:28, 33:16, 37:10, 3:21, 33:15, 33:19 Hosea 14:8, 6:2 Amos 5:6, 5:14, 5:4 Habakkuk 2:4, 3:2 Zechariah 1:5, 13:3, 10:9 Psalms 119:159, 41:3, 138:7, 22:27, 22:30, 119:116, 69:33, 119:50, 119:154, 71:20, 85:7, 119:77, 119:144, 72:15, 89:49, 119:17, 119:25, 119:107, 119:37, 119:175, 119:40, 30:4, 33:19, 49:10, 80:19, 118:17, 119:88, 119:93, 119:149, 119:156, 143:11 Proverbs 7:2, 4:4, 9:6, 15:27 Job 42:16, 33:4, 14:14, 21:7, 7:16, 36:6 Lamentations 4:20 Ecclesiastes 11:8, 6:6, 6:3, 7:12 Esther 4:11 Nehemiah 2:3, 3:34, 9:29, 5:2, 9:6 1 Chronicles 11:8 2 Chronicles 25:25, 23:11

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