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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. Joshua 9:21

    And the princes said concerning them: 'Let them live'; so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken concerning them.

    יִֽחְי֑וּ yich.Yu “let them live”

  2. Joshua 14:10

    And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as He spoke, these forty and five years, from the time that the LORD spoke 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”

  3. Judges 8:19

    And he said: 'They were my brethren, the sons of my mother; as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.'

    הַחֲיִתֶ֣ם ha.cha.yi.Tem “you had let live”

  4. Judges 15:19

    But God cleaved the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came back, 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”

  5. Judges 21:14

    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”

  6. 1 Samuel 2:6

    The LORD killeth, and maketh alive; He bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

    וּמְחַיֶּ֑ה (מְחַיֶּ֑ה) me.chai.Yeh “[is] restoring to life”

  7. 1 Samuel 10:24

    And Samuel said to all the people: 'See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people?' And all the people shouted, and said: 'Long live the king.'

    יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”

  8. 1 Samuel 27:9

    And David smote the land, and left 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”

  9. 1 Samuel 27:11

    And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying: 'Lest they should tell on 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”

  10. 2 Samuel 1:10

    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”

  11. 2 Samuel 8:2

    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 presents.

    לְהַחֲי֑וֹת (הַחֲי֑וֹת) ha.cha.Yot “let live”

  12. 2 Samuel 12:3

    but the poor man had nothing save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and reared; 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”

  13. 2 Samuel 12:22

    And he said: 'While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said: Who knoweth whether the LORD will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?

    וְחַ֥י (חַ֥י) Chai “he will live”

  14. 2 Samuel 16:16

    And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom: 'Long live the king, long live the king.'

    יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”

  15. 1 Kings 1:25

    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 eat and drink before him, and say: Long live king Adonija

    יְחִ֖י ye.Chi “may he live”

  16. 1 Kings 1:31

    Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and prostrated herself to the king, and said: 'Let my lord king David live for ever.'

    יְחִ֗י ye.Chi “may he live”

  17. 1 Kings 1:34

    And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel; and blow ye with the horn, and say: Long live king Solomon.

    יְחִ֖י ye.Chi “may he live”

  18. 1 Kings 1:39

    And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the ram's horn; and all the people said: 'Long live king Solomon.'

    יְחִ֖י ye.Chi “may he live”

  19. 1 Kings 17:22

    And the LORD hearkened unto the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back into him, and he revived.

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

  20. 1 Kings 18:5

    And Ahab said unto Obadiah: 'Go through the land, unto all the springs 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”

  21. 1 Kings 20:31

    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 t

    יְחַיֶּ֥ה ye.chai.Yeh “he will let live”

  22. 1 Kings 20:32

    So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and 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”

  23. 2 Kings 1:2

    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”

  24. 2 Kings 4:7

    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”

  25. 2 Kings 5:7

    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

    וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹת (הַחֲי֔וֹת) ha.cha.Yot “restore to life”