BDB2715
חָיָה283 verb live (Late Hebrew Phoenician id.; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1736], [untranscribed source text 1737]; Sabean חיו MordtZMG 1876, 28; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1738] Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1739], חֲיָא; Palmyrene חיי life, life-time, Vog32, 74) —
Qal203
Perfect
חָיָה
Eccl 6:6 + 4 t.;
יְ֯חָיָה
Jer 21:9; Jer 38:2
חַי
Gen 5:5 + 23 t. (this
and the following form are treated as עע֞, the original weakness of the stem final י
admitting of either לה֞ or עע֞, Ges
«GKC:76»§ 76 (2) g); וְחֵי
Lev 25:36 (
Bö§ 1181); 3 feminine singular חָֽיְתָה
Gen 12:13; Jer 38:17
וָחָ֑יָה
Exod 1:16 (for
חַיָּה
Bö§ 1123 (3), Samaritan חיתה); 2 masculine
singular חָיִיתָ
Deut 30:16,
חָיִתָה
Jer 38:17 3
masculine plural חָיוּ
Num 14:38,
וְחָיוּ consecutive Num 4:19 + Zech 10:9 (where read Pi`el וְחִיּוּ
StaZAW i. 1881, 22 so
ᵐ5
); וִחְיִיתֶם
Ezek 37:5 + 2 t.;
Imperfect
יִחְיֶה
Gen 17:18 + 27
t.; יְחִי
Deut 33:6 + 10 t.;
וִיחִי
Ps 49:10 + 2
t.; וְיֶחִ֑י
Isa 38:21,
וַיְחִי
Gen 5:3 + 37 t.;
וַיֶּחִ֑י
Deut 4:33 + 4 t.; 3
feminine singular תִּחְיֶה
Josh 6:17,
תְּחִי
Gen 19:20 + 5
t.; 2 masculine singular תִּחְיֶה
Gen 27:40 + 7
t.; 2 feminine singular תִּחְיִי
2Kgs 4:7 1 singular
אֶחְיֶה
2Kgs 1:2 + 8 t.; 3
masculine plural יִחְיוּ
Josh 9:21 + 8 t.; 3
feminine plural תִּחְיֶינָה
Ezek 13:19;
Ezek 37:3 2
masculine plural תִּחְיוּ
Deut 4:1 + 2 t.;
תִּחְיוּן
Deut 5:30; Deut 8:1 1 plural
נִחְיֶה
2Kgs 7:4 + 7 t.;
Imperative
וֶחְיֵה
Gen 20:7; Prov 4:4,
וֶחְיֶ֯ה
Prov 7:2 feminine
singular חֲיִי
Ezek 16:6 (twice
in verse); masculine plural וִחְיוּ
Gen 42:18 + 7
t.; Infinitive absolute
חָיֹה
2Kgs 8:10 + 6 t.;
חָיוֺ
Ezek 3:21 + 3 t.;
construct
לִחְיוֺת
Ezek 33:12,
suffix חֲיוֺתָם
Josh 5:8 —
1.
live:
a.
have life, Gen 31:32 (
E
),
Exod
33:20 (
J
), Num
4:19
(
P
),
Deut
30:16 +; also in phrase וַיְחִי
and he lived (so many years) with accusative of time, Gen 5:3-30 (16 t.) Gen 9:28;
Gen
11:11-26
(14 t.) Gen
47:28 (all
P
),
Gen
50:22 (
E
),
2Kgs 14:17 = 2Chr 25:25; Job 42:16.
b.
continue in life, remain alive
Gen 20:7 (
E
),
Lev
25:36; 2Sam 12:22 +; also נפשׁ
׳
ח
live, of the soul or the self
Gen 12:13
;
Gen 19:20
(
J
),
1Kgs 20:32; Ps 119:175; Jer 38:2; Jer 38:17; Jer 38:20; Isa 55:3
וְחַי הַיָּ֑לֶד
and the boy may live
2Sam 12:22
לִפְנֵי
׳
ח
live in the presence of
Gen 17:18
(
P
) Hos 6:2
׳
ב
׳
ח
live among
Lam 4:20.
c.
sustain life, live on or upon (על), of the animal
life, by the sword Gen 27:40 (
J
), by bread
Deut
8:3 elsewhere in pregnant sense of fulness of life in divine favour, sustained by (על
) everything that issueth out of the mouth of ׳
י
Deut 8:3 his
promises (?) Isa
38:16 of wicked man, by repentance Ezek 33:19 with בְּ by the statutes and
judgments
of ׳
י if a man do them, Lev 18:5 (
H
)
Ezek
20:11; Ezek 20:13; Ezek 20:21; Ezek 20:25; Neh 9:29
צַדִּיק בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֺ יִחְיֶה
a righteous man by his faithfulness shall live
Hab 2:4.
d.
live (prosperously) יְחִי הַמֶּלֶך
may the king live
1Sam 10:24
;
2Sam 16:16
(twice in verse); 1Kgs 1:25; 1Kgs 1:31; 1Kgs 1:34; 1Kgs 1:39; 2Kgs 11:12; 2Chr 23:11
יְחִי
לְבַבְכֶם
Ps 22:27
;
Ps 69:33
המלך לעולם יחיה
Neh 2:3.
2.
be quickened, revive:
a.
from sickness
Num 21:8;
Num 21:9;
Josh 5:8 (
E
) 2Kgs 1:2
; 2Kgs 8:8
;
2Kgs 8:9;
2Kgs 8:10
;
2Kgs 8:14
;
2Kgs 20:1
;
2Kgs 20:7
=
Isa 38:1;
Isa 38:9;
Isa 38:21
.
b.
from discouragement of the spirit Gen 45:27 (
E
).
c.
from faintness
Judg 15:19
.
d.
from death
2Kgs 13:21
; Job
14:14; Isa 26:14; Isa 26:19 by return of נפשׁ
1Kgs 17:22
, of רוּהַ
Ezek 37:3
;
Ezek 37:5
;
Ezek 37:6
;
Ezek 37:9
;
Ezek 37:10
;
Ezek
37:14 (and so Judg 15:19 c).
Pi`el
Perfect 3 masculine singular חִיָּה
Ps 22:30
3 feminine singular suffix חִיָּ֑תְנִי
Ps 119:50
2 masculine singular suffix חִיִּיתַנִי
Ps 30:4
חִיִּיתָ֑נִי Paslm Ps 119:93 3 plural חִיּוּ
Judg 21:14
, הַחִיִּיתֶם
Num 31:15
Imperfect
יְחַיֶּה
1Sam 27:9
+, etc.; Imperative suffix חַיֵּנִי
Ps 119:25
+ 8 t., חַיֵּיהוּ
Hab 3:2
Infinitive construct
חַיּוֺת
Gen 7:3; Ezek 13:19
suffix חַיֹּתֵנוּ
Deut 6:24
+, etc.; Participle
מְחַיֶּה
Neh 9:6; 1Sam 2:6 —
1.
preserve alive, let live
Exod 1:17
; Exod
1:18; Exod
1:22;
Exod 22:17; Josh 9:15 (
J
E
), Gen
12:12 (
J
), Num
31:15 (
P
),
Deut 6:24; Deut 20:16; Judg 21:14; 1Sam 27:9; 1Sam 27:11; 1Kgs 18:5
; 2Kgs
7:4;
Jer 49:11; Ezek 3:18; Hab 3:2; Job 36:6; Ps 30:4; Ps 33:19; Ps 41:3;
Ps 138:7
נפשׁ
׳
ח
preserve oneself alive
Ps 22:30
; Ezek
18:27, or preserve persons alive
Ezek
13:18; Ezek 13:19, or preserve life
1Kgs
20:31
זרע
׳
ח
preserve seed alive
Gen 7:3;
Gen 19:32
;
Gen 19:34 (
J
); keep in existence heaven and earth Neh 9:6
nourish, young cow Isa 7:21, lamb 2Sam 12:3.
2.
give life, to man when created Job 33:4.
3.
quicken, revive, refresh:
a.
restore to life, the dead 1Sam 2:6; Deut 32:39; Hos 6:2 the dying Ps 71:20
.
b.
cause to grow, grain Hos 14:8.
c.
restore, a ruined city 1Chr 11:8, stones destroyed by fire Neh 3:34
.
d.
revive, the people of ׳
י by ׳
י himself with fulness of life in his favour Ps 80:19; Ps 85:7; Ps 119:25; Ps
119:37; Ps 119:40; Ps 119:50; Ps 119:88; Ps
119:93; Ps 119:107; Ps 119:149; Ps 119:154; Ps
119:156; Ps 119:159; Ps 143:11; Eccl 7:12.
Hiph`il
Perfect
הֶחֱיָה
Josh 6:25
+ 5 t.; 2 masculine singular suffix הֶחֱיִתָנוּ
Gen
47:25 1 singular הֶחֱיֵיתִי
Num
22:33, הַחֲיִתֶם
Josh 2:13
;
Judg 8:19
Imperative suffix הַחֲיֵינִי
Isa
38:16
הַחֲיוּ
Num
31:18
Infinitive absolute
הַחֲיֵה
Josh 9:20
construct
הַחֲיוֺת
Gen 6:20
+ 6 t.; הַחֲיֹת
Gen 6:19
; Gen 50:20
suffix הַחֲיֹתוֺ
Ezek 13:22 —
1.
preserve alive, let live
Gen
45:7;
Gen 50:20 (
E
), Gen
47:25;
Num 22:33;
Josh 2:13;
Josh
6:25 (all
J
), Josh
14:10 (
D
); Gen 6:19
; Gen 6:20
; Num 31:18;
Josh
9:20 (
P
), Judg 8:19
; 2Sam 8:2;
Ezek 13:22
with
נפשׁ
Gen 19:19 (
J
).
2.
quicken, revive:
a.
restore to health, a leper 2Kgs 5:7, Hezekiah
Isa 38:16.
b.
revive the לֵב and רוּחַ
Isa 57:15 (twice in verse).
c.
restore to life, the dead 2Kgs 8:1; 2Kgs 8:5 (3 t. in
verse).