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H2421חָיָהcha.yah

to livePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 59
  2. 7
  3. 3
  4. 8
  5. 18
  6. 8
  7. 3
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 4
  10. 6
  11. 8
  12. 22
  13. 1
  14. 2
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 6
  17. 1
  18. 6
  19. 31
  20. 4
  21. 4
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 11
  24. 10
  25. 1
  26. 48
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 3
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 3
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 2
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 3
  39. Malachi: 0

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282 occurrences in 257 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 11:14

    And Shelah lived thirty years, and begot Eber.

    חַ֖י chai “he lived”

  2. Genesis 11:15

    And Shelah lived after he begot Eber four hundred and three years, and begot sons and daughters.

    וַֽיְחִי־ (יְחִי) y.chi- “he lived”

  3. Genesis 11:16

    And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begot Peleg.

    וַֽיְחִי־ (יְחִי) y.chi- “he lived”

  4. Genesis 11:17

    And Eber lived after he begot Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.

    וַֽיְחִי־ (יְחִי) y.chi- “he lived”

  5. Genesis 11:18

    And Peleg lived thirty years, and begot Reu.

    וַֽיְחִי־ (יְחִי) y.chi- “he lived”

  6. Genesis 11:19

    And Peleg lived after he begot Reu two hundred and nine years, and begot sons and daughters.

    וַֽיְחִי־ (יְחִי) y.chi- “he lived”

  7. Genesis 11:20

    And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begot Serug.

    וַיְחִ֣י (יְחִ֣י) y.Chi “he lived”

  8. Genesis 11:21

    And Reu lived after he begot Serug two hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.

    וַיְחִ֣י (יְחִ֣י) y.Chi “he lived”

  9. Genesis 11:22

    And Serug lived thirty years, and begot Nahor.

    וַיְחִ֥י (יְחִ֥י) y.Chi “he lived”

  10. Genesis 11:23

    And Serug lived after he begot Nahor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.

    וַיְחִ֣י (יְחִ֣י) y.Chi “he lived”

  11. Genesis 11:24

    And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begot Terah.

    וַיְחִ֣י (יְחִ֣י) y.Chi “he lived”

  12. Genesis 11:25

    And Nahor lived after he begot Terah a hundred and nineteen years, and begot sons and daughters.

    וַיְחִ֣י (יְחִ֣י) y.Chi “he lived”

  13. Genesis 11:26

    And Terah lived seventy years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

    וַֽיְחִי־ (יְחִי) y.chi- “he lived”

  14. Genesis 12:12

    And it will come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they will say: This is his wife; and they will kill me, but thee they will keep alive.

    יְחַיּֽוּ׃ ye.chai.Yu “they will let live”

  15. Genesis 12:13

    Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister; that it may be well with me for thy sake, and that my soul may live because of thee.'

    וְחָיְתָ֥ה (חָיְתָ֥ה) cha.ye.Tah “it will live”

  16. Genesis 17:18

    And Abraham said unto God: 'Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!'

    יִחְיֶ֥ה yich.Yeh “he will live”

  17. Genesis 19:19

    behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shown unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest the evil overtake me, and I die.

    לְהַחֲי֖וֹת (הַחֲי֖וֹת) ha.cha.Yot “preserving alive”

  18. Genesis 19:20

    Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one; oh, let me escape thither--is it not a little one? --and my soul shall live.'

    וּתְחִ֥י (תְחִ֥י) te.Chi “it may live”

  19. Genesis 19:32

    Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'

    וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה (נְחַיֶּ֥ה) ne.chai.Yeh “we may preserve alive”

  20. Genesis 19:34

    And it came to pass on the morrow, that the first-born said unto the younger: 'Behold, I lay yesternight with my father. Let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.'

    וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה (נְחַיֶּ֥ה) ne.chai.Yeh “we may preserve alive”

  21. Genesis 20:7

    Now therefore restore the man's wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live; and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.'

    וֶֽחְיֵ֑ה (חְיֵ֑ה) ch.Yeh “live”

  22. Genesis 25:7

    And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen years.

    חָ֑י Chai “he lived”

  23. Genesis 27:40

    And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

    תִֽחְיֶ֔ה tich.Yeh “you will live”

  24. Genesis 31:32

    With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live; before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee.' --For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.--

    יִֽחְיֶה֒ yich.Yeh “he will live”

  25. Genesis 42:2

    And he said: 'Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.'

    וְנִחְיֶ֖ה (נִחְיֶ֖ה) nich.Yeh “we may live”