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H2421חָיָהcha.yah
to livePart of speech: Hebrew Verb
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And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.
יִֽחְי֑וּ yich.Yu “let them live”
And now, behold, Jehovah hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that Jehovah spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
הֶחֱיָ֨ה he.che.Yah “he has let live”
And he said, They were my brethren, the sons of my mother: as Jehovah liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
הַחֲיִתֶ֣ם ha.cha.yi.Tem “you had let live”
But God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day.
וַיֶּ֑חִי (יֶּ֑חִי) i.Ye.chi “he lived”
And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
חִיּ֔וּ chi.Yu “they had preserved alive”
Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.
וּמְחַיֶּ֑ה (מְחַיֶּ֑ה) me.chai.Yeh “[is] restoring to life”
And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom Jehovah hath chosen, that there is none like him along all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, [supplied: Long] live the king.
יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”
And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.
יְחַיֶּ֖ה ye.chai.Yeh “he let live”
And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
יְחַיֶּ֣ה ye.chai.Yeh “he let live”
So I stood beside him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord.
יִֽחְיֶ֖ה yich.Yeh “he will live”
And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
לְהַחֲי֑וֹת (הַחֲי֑וֹת) ha.cha.Yot “let live”
but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
וַיְחַיֶּ֕הָ (יְחַיֶּ֕) y.chai.Ye. “he nourished”
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
וְחַ֥י (חַ֥י) Chai “he will live”
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, [supplied: Long] live the king, [supplied: Long] live the king.
יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”
For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and say, [supplied: Long] live king Adonijah.
יְחִ֖י ye.Chi “may he live”
Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever.
יְחִ֗י ye.Chi “may he live”
and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow ye the trumpet, and say, [supplied: Long] live king Solomon.
יְחִ֖י ye.Chi “may he live”
And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, [supplied: Long] live king Solomon.
יְחִ֖י ye.Chi “may he live”
And Jehovah hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
וַיֶּֽחִי׃ (יֶּֽחִי) i.Ye.chi “he lived”
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
וּנְחַיֶּה֙ (נְחַיֶּה֙) ne.chai.Yeh “we may preserve alive”
And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.
יְחַיֶּ֥ה ye.chai.Yeh “he will let live”
So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and [supplied: put] ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.
תְּחִֽי־ te.chi- “let it live”
And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this sickness.
אֶחְיֶ֖ה 'ech.Yeh “I will live”
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest.
תִֽחְיִ֖י tich.Yi “you will live”
And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹת (הַחֲי֔וֹת) ha.cha.Yot “restore to life”