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; 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 2Chronicles 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); 2Chronicles 25:12; living (prosperously) 1 Samuel 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 Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 12:1; Deuteronomy 31:13; 1 Kings 8:40 2Chronicles 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; 2Chronicles 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 µei 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.

d. animals and man, phrases for either or both: ׳כל ח Genesis 3:20; Genesis 8:21 (J) Job 12:10; Job 28:21; Job 30:23; Psalm 143:2; Psalm 145:16; כל החי Genesis 6:19 (P); נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה Genesis 1:20,24,30 (P) Genesis 2:7,19 (J); כל נֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה Genesis 9:12,15,16 (P) Ezekiel 47:9; כל נפשׁ החיה Genesis 1:21; Genesis 9:10; Leviticus 11:10,46 (P).

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).

3 reviving: כָּעֵת חַיָּה at the time (when it is) reviving, the spring Genesis 18:10,14 (J), 2 Kings 4:16,17.

II. [חַי] noun [masculine] kinsfolk (Arabic 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-flok, 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 12t. —

1 animal, as living, active being:

a. in General, Genesis 8:17; Leviticus 11:2,27,47 (twice in verse); Numbers 35:3 (P) Psalm 104:25; Isaiah 46:1; Daniel 8:4.

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 2Chronicles 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; מְּרִיץ חיות Isaiah 35:9 destroyer among beasts.

c. living beings, of the cherubic chariot Ezekiel 1:5,13 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:14,15 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:19 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 1:20,21,22; Ezekiel 3:13; Ezekiel 10:15,17,20.

2 life, only in late poetry, Psalm 143:3; Job 33:18,20,22,28; Job 36:14; Ezekiel 7:13 (twice in verse), and (dubious) Psalm 74:19; Psalm 78:50.

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.

II. חַיָּה noun feminine (si vera lectio) community ( = feminine of II. חַי according to Nö ^{ZMG, 1886, 176}) — וְחַיַּת מְּלִשְׁתִּים חֹנָה 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 Leµi, compare Judges 15:9 word omitted by accident in "" 1 Chronicles 11:13 Dr); חַיָּ˜תְךָ יָָֽשְׁבוּבָֿהּ Psalm 68:11 thy troop dwelt in it (Thes SS RVm Hi Ri Che, but ᵐ5 ᵑ6 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 masculine^{Deuteronomy 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).

2 life: as welfare and happiness in king's presence Proverbs 16:15; as consisting of earthly felicity combined (often) with spiritual blessedness Deuteronomy 30:6,15,19 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 30:20; Deuteronomy 32:47; Psalm 30:6; Psalm 133:3; Proverbs 3:22; Proverbs 4:13,22; Proverbs 8:35; Proverbs 10:16; Proverbs 11:19; Proverbs 12:28; Proverbs 19:23; Proverbs 21:21; Proverbs 22:4; Malachi 2:5; used only once distinctly of eternal life (late) עולם ׳ח Daniel 12:2; אֵל חַיָּ֑י Psalm 42:9 God of my life; ׳מעוז ח Psalm 27:1; ׳מקור ח Psalm 36:10; Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 13:14; Proverbs 14:27; Proverbs 16:22; עֵץ (ה)חַיִּים Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:22,24 (J) Proverbs 3:18; Proverbs 11:30; Proverbs 13:12; Proverbs 15:4; ׳ארח ח Psalm 16:11; Proverbs 5:6; Proverbs 15:24; ׳ארח לח Proverbs 10:17; ׳ארחות ח Proverbs 2:19; דֶּרֶךְ (ה)חַיִּים Proverbs 6:23; Jeremiah 21:8; ׳חקּות ח Ezekiel 33:15; ׳תּוצאות ח Proverbs 4:23 sources (origin and direction) of life; ׳תוכחת ח Proverbs 15:31; כָּתוּב לַחַיִּים Isaiah 4:3 written unto life.

3 sustenance, maintenance: חַיִּים לְנַעֲרוֺתֶיךָ Proverbs 27:27 maintenance for thy maidens, see מִחְיַה below

חַי adjective living (Biblical Hebrew id); —

1 of God: absolute ׳ח Daniel 4:31, emphatic חַיָא Daniel 6:21. 27; men, plural emphatic חַיַיָא the lilving Daniel 2:30; Daniel 4:14.

2 plural as abstract noun life (Biblical Hebrew חַיִּים): חַיִּין Daniel 7:12; construct חַיֵּי Ezra 6:10.

חֵיוָא, חֵיוָה noun feminine beast (Biblical Hebrew II. חַיָה); — absolute אָ֯ Daniel 4:13, הָ֯ Daniel 7:5. Daniel 7:7; emphatic חֵיוְתָא Daniel 7:6. Daniel 7:11. Daniel 7:19,23, and (collective) Daniel 4:11,12; Daniel 5:21; construct (collective) חֵיוַת בָּרָא Daniel 2:38; Daniel 4:9,18,20,22,29; plural absolute חֵיוָן Daniel 7:3, emphatic חֵיוָתָא Daniel 7:7,12. Daniel 7:17.