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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

Renderings

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282 occurrences in 257 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Numbers 31:15

    And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?

    הַֽחִיִּיתֶ֖ם (חִיִּיתֶ֖ם) chi.yi.Tem “have you let live”

  2. Numbers 31:18

    But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.

    הַחֲי֖וּ ha.cha.Yu “preserve alive”

  3. Deuteronomy 4:1

    And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, giveth you.

    תִּֽחְי֗וּ tich.Yu “you may live”

  4. Deuteronomy 4:33

    Did ever a people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

    וַיֶּֽחִי׃ (יֶּֽחִי) i.Ye.chi “has it lived?”

  5. Deuteronomy 4:42

    that the manslayer might flee thither, that slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live:

    וָחָֽי׃ (חָֽי) Chai “he will live”

  6. Deuteronomy 5:24

    Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God may say; and thou shalt speak unto us all that the LORD our God may speak unto thee; and we will hear it and do it.'

    וָחָֽי׃ (חָֽי) Chai “he will live”

  7. Deuteronomy 5:26

    Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear Me, and keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!

    וַיֶּֽחִי׃ (יֶּֽחִי) i.Ye.chi “he has lived”

  8. Deuteronomy 5:33 (not in JPS Tanakh 1917)

    תִּֽחְיוּן֙ (תִּֽחְיוּ) tich.Yu “you may live”

  9. Deuteronomy 6:24

    And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.

    לְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּ (חַיֹּתֵ֖) chai.yo.Te. “preserve alive”

  10. Deuteronomy 8:1

    All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers.

    תִּֽחְי֜וּן (תִּֽחְי֜וּ) tich.Yu “you may live”

  11. Deuteronomy 8:3

    And He afflicted thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of t

    יִחְיֶ֣ה yich.Yeh “he lives”יִחְיֶ֥ה yich.Yeh “he lives”

  12. Deuteronomy 16:20

    Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

    תִּֽחְיֶה֙ tich.Yeh “you may live”

  13. Deuteronomy 19:4

    And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past;

    וָחָ֑י (חָ֑י) Chai “he will live”

  14. Deuteronomy 19:5

    as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of these citi

    וָחָֽי׃ (חָֽי) Chai “he will live”

  15. Deuteronomy 20:16

    Howbeit of the cities of these peoples, that the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth,

    תְחַיֶּ֖ה te.chai.Yeh “you will let live”

  16. Deuteronomy 30:16

    in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances; then thou shalt live and multiply, and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to

    וְחָיִ֣יתָ (חָיִ֣יתָ) cha.Yi.ta “you will live”

  17. Deuteronomy 30:19

    I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

    תִּחְיֶ֖ה tich.Yeh “you may live”

  18. Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand.

    וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה (אֲחַיֶּ֗ה) 'a.chai.Yeh “I may restore to life”

  19. Deuteronomy 33:6

    Let Reuben live, and not die in that his men become few.

    יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “let him live”

  20. Joshua 2:13

    and save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.'

    וְהַחֲיִתֶ֞ם (הַחֲיִתֶ֞ם) ha.cha.yi.Tem “you will let live”

  21. Joshua 5:8

    And it came to pass, when all the nation were circumcised, every one of them, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.

    חֲיוֹתָֽם׃ (חֲיוֹתָֽ) cha.yo.Ta “lived”

  22. Joshua 6:17

    And the city shall be devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.

    תִּֽחְיֶ֗ה tich.Yeh “she will live”

  23. Joshua 6:25

    But Rahab the harlot, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel, unto this day; because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.

    הֶחֱיָ֣ה he.che.Yah “he let live”

  24. Joshua 9:15

    And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the congregation swore unto them.

    לְחַיּוֹתָ֑ם (חַיּוֹתָ֑) chai.yo.Ta “let live”

  25. Joshua 9:20

    This we will do to them, and let them live; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore unto them.'

    וְהַחֲיֵ֣ה (הַחֲיֵ֣ה) ha.cha.Yeh “we will let live”