† I. חַי adjective alive, living; —
ח׳ Genesis 25:6 +;
חָ֑י Genesis 3:20 +,
חֵי Amos 8:14 +
15 times (Ew
§ 329 explains as construct, but Ges
§ 93, R 7 n and others as contracted absolute); feminine
חַיָּה Genesis 1:20 +; plural
חַיִּים Psalm 116:9 +; —
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 [
Deuteronomy 5:26]
1;
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 דרך באר 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
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 ׃חֵי המלך 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;
חַ׳ וְחֵי 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,
לְכֶלֶב חַי הוּא טוֺב מִןהָֿאַרְיֵה הַמֵּת Ecclesiastes 9:4 (compare Arabic proverb
Kelb ḥei 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.
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;
Songs 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 (RV, but Houb Ol Ew Hu Che and others read
חִנָּם, ||
שׁקר).
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H2417.
† II. [
חַי]
noun [
masculine]
kinsfolk (Arabic
حَئً 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 RV, but read
חַיִּי my kins-folk, 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 +
12 times —
1. animal, as living, active being:
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;
ח׳ קנה 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;
חיתו שׂדי Isaiah 56:9;
Psalm 104:11;
חיתו (ב)יער Isaiah 56:9;
Psalm 50:10;
Psalm 104:20;
חיות פְּרִיץ Isaiah 35:9 destroyer among beasts.
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 (re-invigoration)
Isaiah 57:10; see
חָיָה 2.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H2423.
II. חַיָּה noun feminine (si vera lectio)
community (＝feminine of II.
חַי according to Nö
ZMG, 1886, 176) —
חֹנָה פְּלִשְׁתִּים וְחַיַּת 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 (RV, but neither rendering justified: Bö Ew We Klo Dr rightly read
לֶ֫חְיָה to
Leḥi, compare
Judges 15:9 word omitted by accident in ||
1 Chronicles 11:13 Dr);
יָֽשְׁבוּ־בָהּ חַיָּֽֽֽתְךָ Psalm 68:11 thy troop dwelt in it (Thes SS RVm Hi Ri Che, but
Jerome Pe
thy (
living)
creatures, of the people; Hup
id., reference to quails; improbable);
אַלתִּֿתֵּן לְחַיַּת נֶפֶשׁ תּוֺרֶךָ חַיַּת עֲנִיֶּיךָ 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 masculineDeuteronomy 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).
3. sustenance, maintenance: חַיִּים לְנַעֲרוֺתֶיךָ Proverbs 27:27 maintenance for thy maidens, see
H4241 מִחְיָה
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