חיים
Hebrew
editEtymology
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ח־י־ה (kh-y-h) |
Cognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).
Pronunciation
edit- (Modern Israeli Hebrew)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /xaˈjim/, [ˈxa.jim], [ˈxa.jɪm]
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħaˈjim/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħæˈjim/
- Rhymes: -im
Adjective
editחַיִּים • (khayím)
- masculine plural indefinite form of חַי (kháy)
Noun
editחַיִּים • (khayím) m pl (plural construct חַיֵּי־) (plural only)
- life (period during which one is alive)
- Tanach, Genesis 23:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי שָׂרָה׃
- vayihyú khayéi sará me'á shaná v'esrím shaná v'shéva' shaním sh'néi khayéi sará.
wayyihyū ḥayyē śārā mēʾā šānā wəʿeśrīm šānā wəšéḇaʿ šānīm šənē ḥayyē śārā. - And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
- vayihyú khayéi sará me'á shaná v'esrím shaná v'shéva' shaním sh'néi khayéi sará.
- life (state of being alive)
- life (the process of life, all biological life)
Declension
editAntonyms
edit- מוות / מָוֶת (mávet)
Derived terms
edit- אורח חיים (óraḥ ḥayím, “lifestyle”)
- אלה החיים (éle haḥayím, “c'est la vie”)
- בְּחַיֶּיךָ (bekhayékha)
- בעל חיים (bá'al ḥayím, “animal”)
- החיים הטובים (haḥayím hatovím, “the good life”)
- חיי נצח (ḥayéi nétzaḥ, “eternal life”)
- חיי שעה (ḥayéi sha'á, “living the now”)
- חיים פרטיים m (khayím pratiyím)
- לחיים (leḥáyim, “Cheers”)
- מפעל חיים (mif'ál ḥayím, “life's work”)
- סיפור חיים (sippúr ḥayím, “life story”)
- ספר החיים (séfer haḥayím, “book of life”)
- על החיים ועל המוות ('al haḥayím ve'ál hamávet, “Here goes”)
- עשה חיים ('asá ḥayím, “had a ball”)
- רָמַת חַיִּים (ramát-khayím)
- תוחלת חיים (toḥélet ḥayím, “life expectancy”)
Proper noun
editחַיִּים • (kháyim) m
- a male given name, Haim or Chaim
Verb
editחַיִּים • (khayím)
Yiddish
editEtymology
editFrom Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím, “life”).
Noun
editחיים • (khayem) m
Related terms
edit- לחיים (lekhayem)
Proper noun
editחיים • (khayem) m
- a male given name: Chaim
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- Hebrew lemmas
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- Hebrew masculine nouns
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- Hebrew verb forms
- Yiddish terms borrowed from Hebrew
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- Yiddish terms derived from the Hebrew root ח־י־ה
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