H2416A–חַי–chay

And if they say, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth! surely they swear falsely.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.

חַיִּ֖ים chai.Yim “living”

And I was like a tame lamb [ergänzt: that] is led to the slaughter; and I knew not that they devised devices against me, [ergänzt: saying,] Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

חַיִּ֔ים chai.Yim “[the] living”

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth -- even as they taught my people to swear by Baal -- they shall be built up in the midst of my people.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, that it shall no more be said, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

but, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them. For I will bring them again into their land, which I gave unto their fathers.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

Thou hope of Israel, Jehovah! all that forsake thee shall be ashamed. They that depart from me shall be written in the earth; because they have forsaken Jehovah, the fountain of living waters.

חַיִּ֖ים chai.Yim “living”

[ergänzt: As] I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet upon my right hand, yet will I pluck thee thence;

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

Therefore behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, that they shall no more say, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

but, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, who brought up and who led back the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

And the burden of Jehovah shall ye mention no more; for every man's own word shall be his burden: for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of Jehovah of hosts, our God.

חַיִּ֔ים chai.Yim “living”

And king Zedekiah swore secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [ergänzt: As] Jehovah liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith Jehovah, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, [ergänzt: As] the Lord Jehovah liveth.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life of”

[ergänzt: As] I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely as Tabor among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

חָ֔י Chai “living”

Wherefore, [ergänzt: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also withdraw mine eye, and it shall not spare, nor will I have any pity.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

-- though these three men should be in it, [ergänzt: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters: they only should be delivered, and the land should be a desolation.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

and these three men should be in it, [ergänzt: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only themselves should be delivered.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

and Noah, Daniel, and Job should be in it, [ergänzt: as] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither son nor daughter: they should [ergänzt: but] deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

[ergänzt: As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters!

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

[ergänzt: As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, verily in the place of the king that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him, in the midst of Babylon, shall he die.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [ergänzt: As] I live, verily, mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his head.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

[ergänzt: As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, ye shall not have any more to use this proverb in Israel.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Are ye come to inquire of me? [ergänzt: As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”

And when ye offer your gifts, making your sons to pass through the fire, ye defile yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day; and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? [ergänzt: As] I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you.

חַי־ chai- “[by] [the] life”