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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. 2 Kings 7:4

    If we say: We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they ki

    יְחַיֻּ֣נוּ (יְחַיֻּ֣) ye.chai.Yu. “they will let live”נִֽחְיֶ֔ה nich.Yeh “we will live”

  2. 2 Kings 8:1

    Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: 'Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.'

    הֶחֱיָ֨ה he.che.Yah “he had restored to life”

  3. 2 Kings 8:5

    And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said: 'My lord, O king, this is the wo

    הֶחֱיָ֣ה he.che.Yah “he had restored to life”הֶחֱיָ֤ה he.che.Yah “he had restored to life”הֶחֱיָ֥ה he.che.Yah “he restored to life”

  4. 2 Kings 8:8

    And the king said unto Hazael: 'Take a present in thy hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying: Shall I recover of this sickness?'

    הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה (אֶחְיֶ֖ה) 'ech.Yeh “will I live”

  5. 2 Kings 8:9

    So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said: 'Thy son Ben-hadad king of Aram hath sent me to thee, saying: Shall I recover of this sickness?'

    הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה (אֶחְיֶ֖ה) 'ech.Yeh “will I live”

  6. 2 Kings 8:10

    And Elisha said unto him: 'Go, say unto him: Thou shalt surely recover; howbeit the LORD hath shown me that he shall surely die.'

    חָיֹ֣ה cha.Yoh “certainly <to live>”תִחְיֶ֑ה tich.Yeh “you will live”

  7. 2 Kings 8:14

    Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him: 'What said Elisha to thee?' And he answered: 'He told me that thou wouldest surely recover.'

    חָיֹ֥ה cha.Yoh “certainly <to live>”תִחְיֶֽה׃ tich.Yeh “you will live”

  8. 2 Kings 10:19

    Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests, let none be wanting; for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live.' But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent tha

    יִֽחְיֶ֑ה yich.Yeh “he will live”

  9. 2 Kings 11:12

    Then he brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown and the insignia; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said: 'Long live the king.'

    יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”

  10. 2 Kings 13:21

    And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha; and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.

    וַיְחִ֖י (יְחִ֖י) y.Chi “he lived”

  11. 2 Kings 14:17

    And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

    וַיְחִ֨י (יְחִ֨י) y.Chi “he lived”

  12. 2 Kings 18:32

    until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive-trees and of honey, that ye may live, and not die; and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying: The LOR

    וִֽחְי֖וּ (חְי֖וּ) ch.Yu “live”

  13. 2 Kings 20:1

    In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the LORD: Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.'

    תִֽחְיֶֽה׃ Tich.Yeh “you will live”

  14. 2 Kings 20:7

    And Isaiah said: 'Take a cake of figs.' And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

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

  15. 1 Chronicles 11:8

    And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

    יְחַיֶּ֖ה ye.chai.Yeh “he restored”

  16. 2 Chronicles 23:11

    Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown and the insignia, and made him king; and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said: 'Long live the king.'

    יְחִ֥י ye.Chi “may he live”

  17. 2 Chronicles 25:25

    And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.

    וַיְחִ֨י (יְחִ֨י) y.Chi “he lived”

  18. Nehemiah 2:3

    And I said unto the king: 'Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?'

    יִחְיֶ֑ה yich.Yeh “may he live”

  19. Nehemiah 3:34

    And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said: 'What do these feeble Jews? will they restore at will? will they sacrifice? will they make an end this day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they ar

    הַיְחַיּ֧וּ (יְחַיּ֧וּ) y.chai.Yu “will they restore”

  20. Nehemiah 5:2

    For there were that said: 'We, our sons and our daughters, are many; let us get for them corn, that we may eat and live.'

    וְנִחְיֶֽה׃ (נִחְיֶֽה) nich.Yeh “we may live”

  21. Nehemiah 6:11

    And I said: 'Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, could go into the temple and live? I will not go in.'

    וָחָ֑י (חָ֑י) Chai “he will live”

  22. Nehemiah 9:6

    Thou art the LORD, even Thou alone; Thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and Thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth Thee.

    מְחַיֶּ֣ה me.chai.Yeh “[are] preserving alive”

  23. Nehemiah 9:29

    and didst forewarn them, that Thou mightest bring them back unto Thy law; yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto Thy commandments, but sinned against Thine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live by them, and presented a stubborn shoulder, a

    וְחָיָ֣ה (חָיָ֣ה) cha.Yah “he will live”

  24. Esther 4:11

    'All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except such to whom the

    וְחָיָ֑ה (חָיָ֑ה) cha.Yah “he will live”

  25. Job 7:16

    I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity.

    אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה 'ech.Yeh “I will live”