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I. חַי adjective alive, living; — ׳ ח Gen 25:6 +; חָ֑י Gen 3:20 +, חֵי Amos 8:14 + 15 t. (Ew§ 329 explains as construct, but Ges«GKC:93»§ 93, R 7 n and others as contracted absolute); feminine חַיָּה Gen 1:20 +; plural חַיִּים Ps 116:9 +; —
1.
a.
of God, as the living one, the fountain of life אֵל חַי
Josh 3:10 (
J
), Hos 2:1
;
Ps 42:3; Ps 84:3
אלהים חי
2Kgs 19:4;
2Kgs 19:16
=
Isa 37:4; Isa 37:17
אלהים חיים
Deut 5:23; 1Sam 17:26;
1Sam 17:36;
Jer 10:10;
Jer 23:36
חי יהוה
Yahweh is living
Ps 18:47 =
2Sam 22:47
גאלי חי
my avenger is living
Job 19:25
the
formula of the oath is ׳
חַי י
Judg 8:19; Ruth 3:13; 1Sam 14:39;
1Sam 14:45;
1Sam 19:6; 1Sam 20:21;
1Sam 25:34;
1Sam 26:10;
1Sam 26:16;
1Sam 28:10;
1Sam 29:6; 2Sam 4:9; 2Sam 12:5;
2Sam 14:11
;
2Sam 15:21
;
1Kgs 1:29;
1Kgs 2:24;
1Kgs 17:1;
1Kgs 17:12
;
1Kgs 18:10
;
1Kgs 22:14
=
2Chr 18:13
;
2Kgs 5:16;
2Kgs 5:20;
Hos 4:15; Jer 4:2; Jer 5:2; Jer 12:16;
Jer 16:14;
Jer 16:15;
Jer 23:7; Jer 23:8; Jer 38:16
חי אל
Job 27:2
האלהים
׳
ח
2Sam 2:27
׳
חי אדני י
Jer 44:26
צבאות
׳
תי י
1Kgs 18:15
;
2Kgs 3:14 as
used
by God Himself it is חי אנכי
Deut 32:40,
elsewhere חי אני
Num 14:21;
Num 14:28 (
P
) Isa
49:18
; Jer
22:24
; Jer
46:18
; Ezek 5:11
; Ezek 14:16
;
Ezek 14:18
;
Ezek 14:20
;
Ezek 16:48
;
Ezek 17:16
;
Ezek 17:19
;
Ezek 18:3;
Ezek 20:3;
Ezek 20:31
;
Ezek 20:33
;
Ezek 33:11
;
Ezek 33:27
;
Ezek 34:8;
Ezek 35:6;
Ezek 35:11
;
Zeph 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
Dan 12:7,
חֵי is always (as an artificial distinction of scribes) used of non-sacred oaths, see b
.
b.
of man:
אָדָם חַי
a living man
Lam 3:39, in
antith חי חי ׃מֵת
Isa 38:19
הַחַי collective Eccl 7:2 Absalom 2Sam 19:7 Naboth 1Kgs 21:15 a son or lad 2Sam 12:21; 1Kgs 3:22 (twice in verse);
1Kgs 3:23
(twice
in verse); 1Kgs
3:25
; 1Kgs 3:26
(twice in verse);
1Kgs
3:27;
1Kgs 17:23 usually plural חיים
alive, living
Num 16:30;
Num 16:33 (
J
), Num
17:13
(
P
), Deut 4:4
;
Deut 5:3; Isa 8:19; Ps 55:16;
Ps 124:3;
Prov 1:12;
Eccl 4:2 (twice
in
verse); Eccl 4:15
; Eccl 6:8; Eccl 9:4; Eccl 9:5; Ruth 2:20 taking
prisoners alive
Josh 8:23 (
J
) 1Sam 15:8
; 1Kgs
20:18
(twice in verse); 2Kgs 7:12; 2Kgs 10:14 (twice in verse); 2Chr 25:12
living (prosperously) 1Sam 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
Deut 4:10; Deut 12:1; Deut 31:13;
1Kgs 8:40 =
2Chr 6:31.
Note
phrases: עוֺד חַי (יםׅ
yet alive
Gen 25:6; Gen 43:7; Gen 43:27;
Gen 43:28;
Gen 45:28;
Gen 46:30 (
J
), Gen 45:3
; Gen 45:26;
Exod 4:18 (
E
), Deut
31:27;
1Sam
20:14;
2Sam 12:22; 2Sam 18:14; 1Kgs 20:32
בהיות חי
2Sam 12:18
;
1Kgs 12:6;
2Chr 10:6
אֶרֶץ (ה)חַיִים
land of the living
Isa 38:11;
Isa 53:8; Jer 11:19;
Ezek 26:20
;
Ezek 32:23
;
Ezek 32:24
;
Ezek 32:25
;
Ezek 32:26
;
Ezek 32:27
;
Ezek 32:32
;
Ps 27:13;
Ps 52:7; Ps 142:6;
Job 28:13
׳
ארצות הח
Ps 116:9
׳
ספר ח
Ps 69:29
׳
צרור הח
bundle of the living
1Sam 25:29
׳
אור הח
light of the living
Job 33:30;
Ps 56:14.
In
the oath by life of men חי is pointed always חֵי אדני ׃חֵי
המלך
as my lord the king liveth
2Sam 15:21
חֵי פרעה
Gen 42:15;
Gen 42:16 (
E
); חֵי נַפְשְׁךָ
1Sam 1:26; 1Sam 17:55;
2Sam 14:19
׳
חַ
וְחֵי נַפְשְׁךָ
׳
י
as Yahweh liveth and as thy soul (or thyself) liveth
1Sam 20:3; 1Sam 25:26;
2Kgs 2:2; 2Kgs 2:4; 2Kgs 2:6; 2Kgs 4:30
חַיֶּךָ
׳
וְחֵי נ
2Sam 11:11
(but on text see We
Dr).
c. of animals, alive, living:
ox
Exod
21:35; Exod
22:3 (
E
); goat
Lev
16:10;
Lev
16:20;
Lev
16:21 (
P
); bird Lev
14:4
; Lev 14:6
(twice in verse); Lev
14:7
; Lev 14:51
; Lev 14:53
dog, לְכֶלֶב
חַי הוּא טוֺב מִןהָֿאַרְיֵה הַמֵּת
Eccl 9:4 (compare
Arabic proverb
Kelb µei wa-lâ meijit, a living dog and no dead lion
WetzstVerhand. Berl. Anthrop. Ges. 1878, 388); reptiles
Gen 1:28 (
P
); animals in general Gen 9:3 (
P
); בשׂר חי
living, raw flesh
Lev 13:10;
Lev 13:14;
Lev 13:15
(twice
in verse); Lev
13:16
(
P
) 1Sam 2:15
.
d.
animals and man, phrases for either or both: ׳
כל ח
Gen 3:20; Gen 8:21 (
J
) Job
12:10
; Job
28:21
; Job
30:23
; Ps 143:2
; Ps
145:16
כל החי
Gen 6:19 (
P
); נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה
Gen 1:20; Gen 1:24; Gen 1:30 (
P
) Gen 2:7;
Gen 2:19 (
J
); כל נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה
Gen 9:12; Gen 9:15; Gen 9:16 (
P
) Ezek
47:9
כל נפשׁ החיה
Gen 1:21; Gen 9:10; Lev 11:10;
Lev 11:46 (
P
).
e. (dubious) of vegetation, as thorns, green, Ps 58:10 (
Ges
Ew
Ol
Pe, but De
Ri
Che
Bae
raw flesh, see c. above near the end)
f.
of water, flowing, fresh
מים חיים
Gen 26:19 (
J
), Lev 14:5
; Lev 14:6; Lev 14:50;
Lev 14:51;
Lev 14:52;
Lev 15:13;
Num 19:17 (
P
), Jer 2:13
; Jer
17:13
; Zech 14:8
; Song 4:15.
2. (dubious) lively, active:
אישׁ חַי
an active man
2Sam 23:20
(but
Qr
אישׁ חַיִל is to be preferred); איבי חיים mine enemies are lively
Ps 38:20 (
RV
, but Houb
Ol
Ew Hu Che and others read
חִנָּם, || שׁקר).
3.
reviving:
כָּעֵת חַיָּה
at the time (when it is) reviving, the spring Gen 18:10
; Gen 18:14
(
J
),
2Kgs
4:16;
2Kgs 4:17.