חי

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HebrewEdit

Root
ח־י־ה‏

AdjectiveEdit

חַי • (kháy) (feminine חַיָּה‏, masculine plural חַיִּים‏, feminine plural חַיּוֹת‏)

1. 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: - + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life, lifetime, maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
2. living, live
3. lively

VerbEdit

חַי • (kháy) (pa'al construction)

1. to live

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of חָיָה, חַי‏ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לִחְיוֹת‏
finite forms		masculine singular	feminine singular	masculine plural	feminine plural
past	first person	חָיִיתִי‏		חָיִינוּ‏
	second person	חָיִיתָ‏	חָיִית‏	חֲיִיתֶם‏	חֲיִיתֶן‏1
	third person	חָיָה, חַי‏	חייתה \ חָיְתָה‏	חָיוּ‏
present	all persons	חַי‏	חַיָּה‏	חַיִּים‏	חַיּוֹת‏
future	first person	אֶחְיֶה‏		נִחְיֶה‏
	second person	תִּחְיֶה‏	תִּחְיִי‏	תּחְיוּ‏	תִּחְיֶינָה‏2
	third person	יִחְיֶה‏	תִּחְיֶה‏	יִחְיוּ‏	תִּחְיֶינָה‏2
imperative	second person	חֲיֵה‏	חֲיִי‏	חֲיוּ‏	חֲיֶינָה‏2
notes		Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing. Uncommon in modern Hebrew.

Related termsEdit

• גר‏ (gar), while חי can describe living in both senses, existence and residency, גר defines only the latter.

ReferencesEdit

• “H2416”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979