2421. chayah
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chayah: leave
Original Word: חָיָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chayah
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-yaw')
Short Definition: leave

Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. חוה (Phoenician חוא live = Hebrew חָיָה q. v.)

חָיָה283 verb live (Late Hebrew Phoenician id.; Arabic , ; Sabean חיו MordtZMG 1876, 28; Ethiopic Aramaic , חֲיָא; Palmyrene חיי life, life-time, Vog32, 74) —

Qal203 Perfect חָיָה Ecclesiastes 6:6 4t.; יְ֯חָיָה Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:2; חַי Genesis 5:5 23t. (this and the following form are treated as עע֞, the original weakness of the stem final י admitting of either לה֞ or עע֞, Ges§ 76 (2) g); וְחֵי Leviticus 25:36 (Bö§ 1181); 3 feminine singular חָֽיְתָה Genesis 12:13; Jeremiah 38:17; וָחָ֑יָה Exodus 1:16 (for חַיָּה§ 1123 (3), Samaritan חיתה); 2 masculine singular חָיִיתָ Deuteronomy 30:16, חָיִתָה Jeremiah 38:17; 3masculine plural חָיוּ Numbers 14:38, וְחָיוּ consecutive Numbers 4:19 + Zechariah 10:9 (where read Pi`el וְחִיּוּ StaZAW i. 1881, 22 so ᵐ5); וִחְיִיתֶם Ezekiel 37:5 2t.; Imperfect יִחְיֶה Genesis 17:18 27t.; יְחִי Deuteronomy 33:6 10t.; וִיחִי Psalm 49:10 2t.; וְיֶחִ֑י Isaiah 38:21, וַיְחִי Genesis 5:3 37t.; וַיֶּחִ֑י Deuteronomy 4:33 4t.; 3 feminine singular תִּחְיֶה Joshua 6:17, תְּחִי Genesis 19:20 5t.; 2 masculine singular תִּחְיֶה Genesis 27:40 7t.; 2 feminine singular תִּחְיִי 2 Kings 4:7; 1singular אֶחְיֶה 2 Kings 1:2 8t.; 3 masculine plural יִחְיוּ Joshua 9:21 8t.; 3 feminine plural תִּחְיֶינָה Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 37:3; 2masculine plural תִּחְיוּ Deuteronomy 4:1 2t.; תִּחְיוּן Deuteronomy 5:30; Deuteronomy 8:1; 1plural נִחְיֶה 2 Kings 7:4 7t.; Imperative וֶחְיֵה Genesis 20:7; Proverbs 4:4, וֶחְיֶ֯ה Proverbs 7:2; feminine singular חֲיִי Ezekiel 16:6 (twice in verse); masculine plural וִחְיוּ Genesis 42:18 7t.; Infinitive absolute חָיֹה 2 Kings 8:10 6t.; חָיוֺ Ezekiel 3:21 3t.; construct לִחְיוֺת Ezekiel 33:12, suffix חֲיוֺתָם Joshua 5:8; —

1 live:

a. have life, Genesis 31:32 (E), Exodus 33:20 (J), Numbers 4:19 (P), Deuteronomy 30:16 +; also in phrase וַיְחִי and he lived (so many years) with accusative of time, Genesis 5:3-30 (16 t.) Genesis 9:28; Genesis 11:11-26 (14 t.) Genesis 47:28 (all P), Genesis 50:22 (E), 2 Kings 14:17 2Chronicles 25:25; Job 42:16.

b. continue in life, remain alive Genesis 20:7 (E), Leviticus 25:36; 2 Samuel 12:22 +; also נפשׁ ׳ח live, of the soul or the self Genesis 12:13; Genesis 19:20 (J), 1 Kings 20:32; Psalm 119:175; Jeremiah 38:2,17,20; Isaiah 55:3; וְחַי הַיָּ֑לֶד and the boy may live 2 Samuel 12:22; לִפְנֵי ׳ח live in the presence of Genesis 17:18 (P) Hosea 6:2; ׳ב ׳ח live among Lamentations 4:20.

c. sustain life, live on or upon (על), of the animal life, by the sword Genesis 27:40 (J), by bread Deuteronomy 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 Deuteronomy 8:3; his promises (?) Isaiah 38:16; of wicked man, by repentance Ezekiel 33:19; with בְּ by the statutes and judgments of ׳י if a man do them, Leviticus 18:5 (H) Ezekiel 20:11,13,21,25; Nehemiah 9:29; צַדִּיק בֶּאֱמוּנָתוֺ יִחְיֶה a righteous man by his faithfulness shall live Habakkuk 2:4.

d. live (prosperously) יְחִי הַמֶּלֶך may the king live 1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 1:25,31,34,39; 2 Kings 11:12; 2Chronicles 23:11; יְחִי לְבַבְכֶם Psalm 22:27; Psalm 69:33; המלך לעולם יחיה Nehemiah 2:3.

2 be quickened, revive:

a. from sickness Numbers 21:8,9; Joshua 5:8 (E) 2 Kings 1:2; 2 Kings 8:8,9,10,14; 2 Kings 20:1,7 = Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 38:9; Isaiah 38:21.

b. from discouragement of the spirit Genesis 45:27 (E).

c. from faintness Judges 15:19.

d. from death 2 Kings 13:21; Job 14:14; Isaiah 26:14,19; by return of נפשׁ 1 Kings 17:22, of רוּהַ Ezekiel 37:3,5,6,9,10,14 (and so Judges 15:19 c).

Pi`el Perfect3masculine singular חִיָּה Psalm 22:30; 3feminine singular suffix חִיָּ֑תְנִי Psalm 119:50; 2masculine singular suffix חִיִּיתַנִי Psalm 30:4; חִיִּיתָ֑נִי Paslm Psalm 119:93; 3plural חִיּוּ Judges 21:14, הַחִיִּיתֶם Numbers 31:15; Imperfect יְחַיֶּה 1 Samuel 27:9 +, etc.; Imperative suffix חַיֵּנִי Psalm 119:25 8t., חַיֵּיהוּ Habakkuk 3:2; Infinitive construct חַיּוֺת Genesis 7:3; Ezekiel 13:19; suffix חַיֹּתֵנוּ Deuteronomy 6:24 +, etc.; Participle מְחַיֶּה Nehemiah 9:6; 1 Samuel 2:6; —

1 preserve alive, let live Exodus 1:17,18,22; Exodus 22:17; Joshua 9:15 (JE), Genesis 12:12 (J), Numbers 31:15 (P), Deuteronomy 6:24; Deuteronomy 20:16; Judges 21:14; 1 Samuel 27:9,11; 1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 7:4; Jeremiah 49:11; Ezekiel 3:18; Habakkuk 3:2; Job 36:6; Psalm 30:4; Psalm 33:19; Psalm 41:3; Psalm 138:7; נפשׁ ׳ח preserve oneself alive Psalm 22:30; Ezekiel 18:27, or preserve persons alive Ezekiel 13:18,19, or preserve life 1 Kings 20:31; זרע ׳ח preserve seed alive Genesis 7:3; Genesis 19:32,34 (J); keep in existence heaven and earth Nehemiah 9:6; nourish, young cow Isaiah 7:21, lamb 2 Samuel 12:3.

2 give life, to man when created Job 33:4.

3 quicken, revive, refresh:

a. restore to life, the dead 1 Samuel 2:6; Deuteronomy 32:39; Hosea 6:2; the dying Psalm 71:20.

b. cause to grow, grain Hosea 14:8.

c. restore, a ruined city 1 Chronicles 11:8, stones destroyed by fire Nehemiah 3:34.

d. revive, the people of ׳י by ׳י himself with fulness of life in his favour Psalm 80:19; Psalm 85:7; Psalm 119:25,37,40,50,88,93,107,149,154,156,159; Psalm 143:11; Ecclesiastes 7:12.

Hiph`il Perfect הֶחֱיָה Joshua 6:25 5t.; 2 masculine singular suffix הֶחֱיִתָנוּ Genesis 47:25; 1singular הֶחֱיֵיתִי Numbers 22:33, הַחֲיִתֶם Joshua 2:13; Judges 8:19; Imperative suffix הַחֲיֵינִי Isaiah 38:16; הַחֲיוּ Numbers 31:18; Infinitive absolute הַחֲיֵה Joshua 9:20; construct הַחֲיוֺת Genesis 6:20 6t.; הַחֲיֹת Genesis 6:19; Genesis 50:20; suffix הַחֲיֹתוֺ Ezekiel 13:22; —

1 preserve alive, let live Genesis 45:7; Genesis 50:20 (E), Genesis 47:25; Numbers 22:33; Joshua 2:13; Joshua 6:25 (all J), Joshua 14:10 (D); Genesis 6:19,20; Numbers 31:18; Joshua 9:20 (P), Judges 8:19; 2 Samuel 8:2; Ezekiel 13:22; with נפשׁ Genesis 19:19 (J).

2 quicken, revive:

a. restore to health, a leper 2 Kings 5:7, Hezekiah Isaiah 38:16.

b. revive the לֵב and רוּחַ Isaiah 57:15 (twice in verse).

c. restore to life, the dead 2 Kings 8:1,5 (3 t. in verse).



Strong's
keep leave, make alive, certainly, give promise life, let, suffer to live, nourish up

A primitive root (compare chavah, chayah); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive -- keep (leave, make) alive, X certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, (X God) save (alive, life, lives), X surely, be whole.

see HEBREW chavah

see HEBREW chayah

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