H2416A–חַי–chay

And when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son is this young man? And Abner said, On your life, O king, I have no idea.

חֵֽי־ chei- “[by] [the] life of”

And Saul gave ear to the voice of Jonathan, and said with an oath, By the living Lord, he is not to be put to death.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

But David took his oath again and said, Your father sees that I am dear to you; so he says to himself, Let Jonathan have no idea of this, for it will be a grief to him; but as the Lord is living, and as your soul is living, there is only a step between m

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”וְחֵ֣י (חֵ֣י) Chei “[by] [the] life of”

And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

חָ֑י Chai “[am] alive”

And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have.

לֶחָ֑י (חָ֑י) Chai “living [one]”

So now, my lord, by the living God and by your living soul, seeing that the Lord has kept you from the crime of blood and from taking into your hands the punishment for your wrongs, may all your haters, and those who would do evil to my lord, be like Nab

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”וְחֵֽי־ (חֵֽי) chei- “[by] [the] life of”

And though a man has taken up arms against you, putting your life in danger, still the soul of my lord will be kept safe among the band of the living with the Lord your God; and the souls of those who are against you he will send violently away from him,

הַחַיִּ֗ים (חַיִּ֗ים) chai.Yim “living”

For truly, by the living Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept me from doing you evil, if you had not been so quick in coming to me and meeting me, by dawn there would not have been in Nabal's house so much as one male living.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by h

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

Then Achish sent for David and said to him, By the living Lord, you are upright, and everything you have done with me in the army has been pleasing to me: I have seen no evil in you from the day when you came to me till now: but still, the lords are not

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

And Joab said, By the living God, if you had not given the word, the people would have gone on attacking their countrymen till the morning.

חַ֚י chai “[by] [the] life”

And David made answer to Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, By the living Lord, who has kept me safe from all my trouble,

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

And Uriah said to David, Israel and Judah with the ark are living in tents, and my lord Joab and the other servants of my lord are sleeping in the open field; and am I to go to my house and take food and drink, and go to bed with my wife? By the living L

חַיֶּ֙ךָ֙ (חַיֶּ֙) chai.Ye. “[by] [the] life of”וְחֵ֣י (חֵ֣י) Chei “[by] [the] life of”

And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will h

חַ֗י Chai “alive”

Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.

חַי֙ chai “[was] alive”

And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?

חַ֔י Chai “[was] alive”

Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant J

חֵֽי־ chei- “[by] [the] life of”

And Ittai the Gittite in answer said, By the living Lord, and by the life of my lord the king, in whatever place my lord the king may be, for life or death, there will your servant be.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”וְחֵי֙ (חֵי֙) Chei “[by] [the] life of”

Then Joab said, I would have made it safe for you. And he took three spears in his hand, and put them through Absalom's heart, while he was still living, in the branches of the tree.

חַ֖י chai “[was] alive”

For your haters, it seems, are dear to you, and your friends are hated. For you have made it clear that captains and servants are nothing to you: and now I see that if Absalom was living and we had all been dead today, it would have been right in your ey

חַי֙ chai “[were] alive”