1. חַיִּים
life
The corpus record — Hebrew
חַיָּ֑ה
chay · n.m
life
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 503 · 16.4/10k
Senses
2. חַיָּה
community
3. חַיָּה
living thing, animal
4. חַי
kinsfolk
5. חַי
alive, living
6. חַי
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
7. חַיה
7WYN into a great people 122, לְעְבָדִים ns nn? to make slaves of us 431g, …
8. חיה
xin, Aram
9. חיה
חַיָה and lit. meaning ‘living being
Attestations
- חַיָּ֑ה Genesis 1:20 (BHS)
- הַֽ/חַיָּ֣ה Genesis 1:21 (BHS)
- חַיָּה֙ Genesis 1:24 (BHS)
- וְ/חַֽיְתוֹ Genesis 1:24 (BHS)
- חַיַּ֨ת Genesis 1:25 (BHS)
- חַיָּ֖ה Genesis 1:28 (BHS)
6 of 503 attestations shown.
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 155-156; entry #657 Review: Under source audit
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