Original Word: חָיוֹת Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: chayeh Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-yeh') Short Definition: lively
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[חָיֶה] adjectivehaving the vigour of life, lively (on formation see LagBN 49) — feminine plural חָיוֺת Exodus 1:19 (E), of Hebrew women in childbirth, bearing quickly easily.