חי

Contents

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