Hebrew adjective · H2416
חַי
chaykhah'-ee
alive; kinsfolk; living thing; community; life
498 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2416is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 29 of 39Old Testament books
- 199spellings
- 5meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2416
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
The King James renders it: [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chay is rendered "alive; kinsfolk; living thing; community; life". It stands 498 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-nine books.
- Sixty-six of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists five meanings for it, beginning with "alive".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- The Greek text spells it 199 different ways.
The first use
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
Genesis 1:20חַיָּ֑ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty-nine of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries five meanings: alive, and kinsfolk, and living thing, and community, and life.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| aliveStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures… |
| kinsfolkStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| living thingStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| communityStrong's entry D | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| lifeStrong's entry E | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- life99
- living66
- alive43
- the living36
- life of25
- animal of19
- life his18
- life my17
- the animal of16
- life your13
- the life11
- the living creature10
and 56 more, 498 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חַי | chay | living | Uses7 |
| חַיִל | chayil | strength | Uses7 |
| חַיִץ | chayits | wall | Uses1 |
| חַיּוּת | chayuth | living | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 498, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
199 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חַי־65
- חַיִּ֑ים22
- חַיִּֽים׃16
- חַיַּ֥ת14
- חָֽי׃10
- חַיִּ֖ים10
- חַיַּ֣ת10
- חַ֖י9
- חָ֑י9
- חַיֵּ֣י9
- חַיֶּֽיךָ׃7
- חַיִּ֔ים7
and 187 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular111HAamsa
- adjective · masculine plural49HAampa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)39HNcfsc
- noun · masculine plural36HNcmpa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular17HNcmpc/Sp1bs
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular16HNcmpc/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine plural16HTd/Aampa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular16HTd/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular15HTd/Aamsa
- adjective · feminine singular13HAafsa
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular13HNcmpc/Sp2ms
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)12HAamsc
Genesis
sixty-six uses
And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
- חַיָּ֑הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
So God created the great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters teemed according to their kinds, and every bird of flight after its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- הַֽחַיָּ֣ה׀hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, land crawlers, and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so.
- חַיָּה֙chaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
- וְחַֽיְתוֹ־vechaytov-conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and animal of
God made the beasts of the earth according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and everything that crawls upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
- חַיַּ֨תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
- חַיָּ֖הchaiyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַיָּ֔הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
- חַיָּֽה׃chaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
- הַֽחַיִּים֙hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
- חַיַּ֤תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַיָּ֖הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַיֶּֽיךָ׃chaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- חַיֶּֽיךָ׃chaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
- הַֽחַיִּ֔יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.
- הַֽחַיִּֽים׃ סhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.
- חַיִּ֔יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
- הָ֠חַיhachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
- לְחַיֵּי־lechaiyei-preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of life of
they and every kind of wild animal, livestock, crawling creature, bird, and winged creature.
- הַֽחַיָּ֣הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
And every living thing that moved upon the earth perished—birds, livestock, animals, every creature that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind.
- וּבַ֣חַיָּ֔הuvachaiyahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and among the animal
Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
- חַיִּ֜יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
- הַֽחַיָּה֙hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
Bring out all the living creatures that are with you—birds, livestock, and everything that crawls upon the ground—so that they can spread out over the earth and be fruitful and multiply upon it.”
- הַחַיָּ֨הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.
- הַֽחַיָּ֗הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- חַ֖יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
Everything that lives and moves will be food for you; just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you all things.
- חַ֔יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
- חַיָּ֖הchaiyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
and with every living creature that was with you—the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth—every living thing that came out of the ark.
- הַֽחַיָּה֙hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between Me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come:
- חַיָּ֖הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
- חַיָּ֖הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
And whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of every kind that is on the earth.”
- חַיָּ֔הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
- חַיָּ֔הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
- חַיָּ֖הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.
- חַיֵּ֣יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
- חַיֵּ֥יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them away from his son Isaac to the land of the east.
- חַ֔יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
- חַיֵּ֥יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
- חַיֵּ֣יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
- בְחַיַּ֔יvechaiyaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in life my
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
- חַיָּ֥הchaiyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
His father recognized it and said, “It is my son’s robe! A vicious animal has devoured him. Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”
- חַיָּ֥הchaiyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
- חֵ֤יcheiadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
- חֵ֣יcheiadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answered him accordingly. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother here’?”
- חַי֙chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
- חָ֑יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
- חָ֑יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
- חַ֔יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
“Enough!” declared Israel. “My son Joseph is still alive! I will go to see him before I die.”
- חָ֑יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
Then Israel said to Joseph, “Finally I can die, now that I have seen your face and know that you are still alive!”
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
“How many years have you lived?” Pharaoh asked.
- חַיֶּֽיךָ׃chaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- חַיַּ֔יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
- חַיֵּ֣יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lives of
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
- חַיָּ֔יוchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
Exodus
nine uses
and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
- חַיֵּיהֶ֜םchaiyeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: lives their
Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.
- חַיֵּ֣יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.
- חַיֵּ֣יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.
- חַיֵּ֣יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
If a man’s ox injures his neighbor’s ox and it dies, they must sell the live one and divide the proceeds; they also must divide the dead animal.
- הַחַי֙hachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
Leviticus
thirty-three uses
Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.
- חַיָּ֜הchaiyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:
- הַֽחַיָּה֙hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
- הַחַיָּ֖הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
- הַֽחַיָּה֙hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.
- הַֽחַיָּ֔הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
- הַֽחַיָּה֙hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
- הַֽחַיָּ֔הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
The priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
- חַ֖יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
But whenever raw flesh appears on someone, he will be unclean.
- חַ֖יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
When the priest sees the raw flesh, he must pronounce him unclean. The raw flesh is unclean; it is a skin disease.
- הַחַ֖יhachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
- הַחַ֛יhachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
- הַחַ֖יhachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
the priest shall order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
- חַיּ֖וֹתchaiyotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: living
Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
And he is to take the live bird together with the cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water.
- הַֽחַיָּה֙hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
- הַֽחַיָּ֗הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
- הַֽחַיִּֽים׃hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
Seven times he shall sprinkle the one to be cleansed of the skin disease. Then he shall pronounce him clean and release the live bird into the open field.
- הַֽחַיָּ֖הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
Then he shall take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times.
- הַֽחַיָּה֒hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
- הַֽחַיִּ֑יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
And he shall cleanse the house with the bird’s blood, the fresh water, the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.
- הַֽחַיִּ֑יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
- הַחַיָּ֗הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
Finally, he is to release the live bird into the open fields outside the city. In this way he will make atonement for the house, and it will be clean.
- הַֽחַיָּ֛הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · feminine singulartagged: the living
When the man has been cleansed from his discharge, he must count off seven days for his cleansing, wash his clothes, and bathe himself in fresh water, and he shall be clean.
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
But the goat chosen by lot as the scapegoat shall be presented alive before the LORD to make atonement by sending it into the wilderness as the scapegoat.
- חַ֛יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
When Aaron has finished purifying the Most Holy Place, the Tent of Meeting, and the altar, he is to bring forward the live goat.
- הֶחָֽי׃hechaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
- הַחַי֒hachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
- חַיָּ֛הchaiyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
- בְּחַיֶּֽיהָ׃bechaiyeihapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: in life her
and for your livestock and the wild animals in your land. All its growth may serve as food.
- וְלַֽחַיָּ֖הvelachaiyahconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: and to the animal
And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
- חַיָּ֤הchaiyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
I will send wild animals against you to rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and reduce your numbers, until your roads lie desolate.
- חַיַּ֤תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
Numbers
seven uses
“Yet as surely as I live and as surely as the whole earth is filled with the glory of the LORD,
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
They went down alive into Sheol with all they owned. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was halted.
- הַֽחַיִּ֑יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
The cities will be for them to live in, and the pasturelands will be for their herds, their flocks, and all their other livestock.
- חַיָּתָֽם׃chaiyatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: animal their
Deuteronomy
twenty-one uses
But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
- חַיִּ֥יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- חַיֶּ֑יךָchaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”
- חַיִּים֙chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
- חַיִּ֜יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
- חַיֶּ֑יךָchaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
- חַיֶּֽיךָ׃chaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this instruction and these statutes.
- חַיָּ֑יוchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
- חַיֶּ֔יךָchaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
- בְּחַיֶּֽיךָ׃bechaiyeikhapreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: in life your
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- חַיֶּֽיךָ׃chaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
- הַֽחַיִּ֖יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
- הַחַיִּ֤יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
- בַּֽחַיִּ֔יםbachaiyimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the life
and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
- חַיֶּ֙יךָ֙chaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
Then their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- חַיִּים֙chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
- חַ֨יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,
- חַ֥יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- חַיֵּיכֶ֑םchaiyeikhemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: lives your
Joshua
four uses
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- חַיֶּ֑יךָchaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
- חַ֖יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
- חַיָּֽיו׃ פchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.
- חָ֑יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
Judges
two uses
“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he pushed with all his might, and the temple fell on the lords and all the people in it. So in his death he killed more than he had killed in his life.
- בְּחַיָּֽיו׃bechaiyavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in life his
Ruth
two uses
Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
- הַחַיִּ֖יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
1 Samuel
twenty-six uses
And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
- חַיָּ֔יוchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
- חֵ֥יcheiadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: raw
So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
- חַיָּֽיו׃chaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
As surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
- חָ֑יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
- חַיִּֽים׃ סchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
- וּלְחַיַּ֣תulechaiyatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to animal of
As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
- חֵֽי־chei-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”
- חַיַּ֔יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: kinsfolk my
Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחֵ֣יvecheiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and life of
And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
- חָ֑יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
and say to him, ‘Long life to you, and peace to you and your house and to all that belongs to you.
- לֶחָ֑יlechaipreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singulartagged: to the living
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to bloodshed and avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחֵֽי־vechei-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and life of
And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.
- הַחַיִּ֗יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
This thing you have done is not good. As surely as the LORD lives, all of you deserve to die, since you did not protect your lord, the LORD’s anointed. Now look around. Where are the king’s spear and water jug that were by his head?”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
Then Saul swore to her by the LORD: “As surely as the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright in my sight, and it seems right that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you have no favor in the sight of the leaders.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
2 Samuel
twenty-two uses
Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
- בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔םbechaiyeihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in lives their
“As surely as God lives,” Joab replied, “if you had not spoken up, the troops would have continued pursuing their brothers until morning.”
- חַ֚יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: life
But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”
- חַיֶּ֙ךָ֙chaiyekhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life of you
- וְחֵ֣יvecheiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and life of
David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: “As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
- חַ֗יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
- חַי֙chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’
- חַ֔יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
So the king asked, “Is the hand of Joab behind all this?” The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king says. Yes, your servant Joab is the one who gave me orders; he told your maidservant exactly what to say.
- חֵֽי־chei-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
But Ittai answered the king, “As surely as the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king may be, whether it means life or death, there will your servant be!”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחֵי֙vecheiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and life of
- לְחַיִּ֔יםlechaiyimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for life
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
- חַ֖יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the pillar his name, and to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.
- בְחַיָּיו֙vechayavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in life his
You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!
- חַי֙chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
But Barzillai replied, “How many years of my life remain, that I should go up to Jerusalem with the king?
- חַיַּ֔יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may God, the Rock of my salvation, be exalted—
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: living
And after him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines had banded together near a field full of lentils, Israel’s troops fled from them.
- לַחַיָּ֗הlachaiyahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the Lehi
At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- וְחַיַּ֣תvechaiyatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a community of
1 Kings
twenty-six uses
And the king swore an oath, saying, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
And now, as surely as the LORD lives—the One who established me, who set me on the throne of my father David, and who founded for me a dynasty as He promised—surely Adonijah shall be put to death today!”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
“No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.
- הַחַי֙hachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living one
- הֶחָ֑יhechaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living one
Then the king replied, “This woman says, ‘My son is alive and yours is dead,’ but that woman says, ‘No, your son is dead and mine is alive.’”
- הַחַ֖יhachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living one
- הֶחָֽי׃ פhechaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living one
and the king declared, “Cut the living child in two and give half to one and half to the other.”
- הַחַ֖יhachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
- הַחַ֜יhachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living one
- הַחַ֔יhachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
Then the king gave his ruling: “Give the living baby to the first woman. By no means should you kill him; she is his mother.”
- הַחַ֔יhachaithe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: the living
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
- חַיָּֽיו׃ פchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
- חַיָּ֔יוchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
- חַ֖יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
- חַיָּ֔יוchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
And there was war between the houses of Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of Abijam’s life.
- חַיָּֽיו׃chaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
Then Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. “Look, your son is alive,” Elijah declared.
- חַ֥יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
- חַ֣י׀chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: life
Then Elijah said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will present myself to Ahab today.”
- חַ֚יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: life
“If they have marched out in peace,” he said, “take them alive. Even if they have marched out for war, take them alive.”
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
- חַיִּ֥יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”
- חַ֖יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”
- חַ֖יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
2 Kings
twenty-one uses
and Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחֵֽי־vechei-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and life of
And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to Jericho.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went to Jericho.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחֵֽי־vechei-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and life of
And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחֵֽי־vechei-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and life of
Then Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not for my regard for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not look at you or acknowledge you.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
And Elisha declared, “At this time next year, you will hold a son in your arms.” “No, my lord,” she said. “Do not lie to your maidservant, O man of God.”
- חַיָּ֔הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
But the woman did conceive, and at that time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.
- חַיָּ֔הchaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
And the mother of the boy said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he got up and followed her.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחֵֽי־vechei-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and life of
But Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will not accept it.” And although Naaman urged him to accept it, he refused.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, “Look, my master has spared this Aramean, Naaman, while not accepting what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
- חַיִּ֔יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
Then Jehu ordered, “Take them alive.” So his men took them alive, then slaughtered them at the well of Beth-eked—forty-two men. He spared none of them.
- חַיִּ֔יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
- חַיַּ֤תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- חַ֔יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
- חַיָּֽיו׃chaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
And the king provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life.
- חַיָּֽו׃chaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
2 Chronicles
five uses
so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
- חַ֖יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
and the army of Judah also captured 10,000 men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them down so that all were dashed to pieces.
- חַיִּ֗יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.
- חַיַּ֤תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
Job
twenty-four uses
Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,
- וְ֝חַיִּ֗יםvechaiyimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and life
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
- וּֽמֵחַיַּ֥תumechaiyatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from animal of
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
- וְחַיַּ֥תvechaiyatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and animal of
Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
- חַיָּ֑יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
- חַיָּֽי׃chaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- בְּחַ֫יָּ֥יbechaiyaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in life my
You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
- חַיִּ֣יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.
- חָ֑יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- חָ֑יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: he lives
Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
- בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃bachaiyinpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the life
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.
- הַֽחַיִּֽים׃hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
- חָ֑יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.
- וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹvechaiyatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and life his
so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
- חַיָּת֣וֹchaiyatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.
- וְ֝חַיָּת֗וֹvechaiyatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and life his
He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’
- וְ֝חַיָּתוֹvechaiyatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and life his
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
- הַֽחַיִּים׃hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.
- וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗םvechaiyatamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and life their
The wild animals enter their lairs; they settle down in their dens.
- חַיָּ֣הchaiyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: an animal
Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lions
- וְחַיַּ֖תvechaiyatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and life of
She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.
- וְחַיַּ֖תvechaiyatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and animal of
The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
Psalms
fifty-one uses
then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
- חַיָּ֑יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- חַ֫יִּ֥יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
- בַּֽחַיִּים֮bachaiyimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the life
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: living
He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
- חַיִּ֤ים׀chaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- חַיָּ֑יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
- חַיָּֽי׃chaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- חַ֝יַּ֗יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- חַיַּ֑יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- חַיִּ֪יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
- חַיַּי֮chaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
Who is the man who delights in life, who desires to see good days?
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
- חַיִּ֣יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: life
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
- חָ֥יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- חַיָּֽי׃chaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—
- בְּחַיָּ֣יוbechaiyavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in life his
for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.
- חַיְתוֹ־chaytov-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: living creature of
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- חַיִּ֣יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
Let death seize them by surprise; let them go down to Sheol alive, for evil is with them in their homes.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
For You have delivered my soul from death, and my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before God in the light of life.
- הַֽחַיִּֽים׃hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
Before your pots can feel the burning thorns— whether green or dry— He will sweep them away.
- חַ֥יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: alive
Because Your loving devotion is better than life, my lips will glorify You.
- מֵֽחַיִּ֗יםmechaiyimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: more than life
So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.
- בְחַיָּ֑יvechaiyaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in life my
Hear, O God, my voice of complaint; preserve my life from dread of the enemy.
- חַיָּֽי׃chaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
- בַּֽחַיִּ֑יםbachaiyimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the life
Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
- חַיָּתְךָ֥chaiyatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: community your
Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
- חַיַּ֪תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
May they be blotted out of the Book of Life and not listed with the righteous.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: life
Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.
- לְ֭חַיַּתlechaiyatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to an animal
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
- וְ֝חַיָּתָ֗םvechaiyatamconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and life their
They have given the corpses of Your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
- לְחַיְתוֹ־lechaytov-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to animal of
My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
- וְחַיַּ֗יvechaiyaiconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and life my
who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
- חַיָּ֑יְכִיchaiyayekhinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: life your
They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
- חַיְת֣וֹchaytonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.
- חַיְתוֹ־chaytov-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
- חַיּ֥וֹתchaiyotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: living creatures
I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- בְּחַיָּ֑יbechaiyaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in life my
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
- הַֽחַיִּֽים׃hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,
- חַיִּ֣יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,
- חַיֶּֽיךָ׃chaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
It is like the dew of Hermon falling on the mountains of Zion. For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing of life forevermore.
- חַ֝יִּ֗יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
- הַֽחַיִּים׃hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
- חַיָּתִ֑יchaiyatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
- חַ֣יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
- בְּחַיָּ֑יbechaiyaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: in life my
wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,
- הַֽחַיָּ֥הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: O animal
Proverbs
thirty-four uses
let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
She is a tree of life to those who embrace her, and those who lay hold of her are blessed.
- חַיִּ֣יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
They will be life to your soul and adornment to your neck.
- חַיִּ֣יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
Listen, my son, and receive my words, and the years of your life will be many.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
Hold on to instruction; do not let go. Guard it, for it is your life.
- חַיֶּֽיךָ׃chaiyeikhanoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: life your
For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
- חַיִּ֣יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
Guard your heart with all diligence, for from it flow springs of life.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
She does not consider the path of life; she does not know that her ways are unstable.
- חַ֭יִּיםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
- חַ֝יִּ֗יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains the favor of the LORD.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
For through wisdom your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life.
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- חַ֭יִּיםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
The labor of the righteous leads to life, but the gain of the wicked brings punishment.
- לְחַיִּ֑יםlechaiyimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to life
Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
- לְ֭חַיִּיםlechaiyimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to life
Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
- לְחַיִּ֑יםlechaiyimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to life
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
There is life in the path of righteousness, but another path leads to death.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
- חַ֝יִּ֗יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- חַיֵּ֣יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
- חַ֭יִּיםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
He who listens to life-giving reproof will dwell among the wise.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- חַ֭יִּיםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
- וְ֭חַיִּיםvechaiyimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and life
The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
- לְחַיִּ֑יםlechaiyimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: to life
He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
- חַ֝יִּ֗יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
- וְחַיִּֽים׃vechaiyimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and life
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
- וְ֝חַיִּ֗יםvechaiyimconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: and life
She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life.
- חַיֶּֽיה׃chaiyeihnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: life her
Ecclesiastes
twenty-one uses
I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.
- חַיֵּיהֶֽם׃chaiyeihemnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: lives their
So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- הַ֣חַיִּ֔יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,
- בְּחַיָּֽיו׃bechaiyavpreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in life his
So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.
- הַ֣חַיִּ֔יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: alive
I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
- הַ֣חַיִּ֔יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
- חַיָּ֛יוchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.
- חַיָּ֑יוchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
- הַחַיִּֽים׃hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
- בַּֽחַיִּ֗יםbachaiyimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the life
- חַיֵּ֥יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
- וְהַחַ֖יvehachaiconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and the living person
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
- חַיָּ֛יוchaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
- בְּחַיֵּיהֶ֔םbechaiyeihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: in lives their
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
- הַחַיִּ֖יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
- חַי֙chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- הַֽחַיִּ֛יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
- חַיִּ֜יםchaiyimnoun · masculine pluraltagged: life
- חַיֵּ֣יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
- בַּֽחַיִּ֔יםbachaiyimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the life
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: life
Song of Solomon
one use
You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
Isaiah
nineteen uses
Whoever remains in Zion and whoever is left in Jerusalem will be called holy—all in Jerusalem who are recorded among the living—
- לַחַיִּ֖יםlachaiyimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: for the life
When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
- הַחַיִּ֖יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
- חַיּוֹת֙chaiyotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: living creatures
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
- חַ֔יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
- הַחַיִּ֑יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: the living
My dwelling has been picked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom; from day until night You make an end of me.
- חַיַּי֙chaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.
- חַיֵּ֣יchaiyeinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.
- חַ֥יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
- חַ֛יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
The LORD will save me; we will play songs on stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the LORD.
- חַיֵּ֖ינוּchaiyeinunoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: lives our
Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
- וְחַיָּת֔וֹvechaiyatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and animal its
The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
- לַחַיָּ֖הlachaiyahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the animal
Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
- חַיִּ֔יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
- חַיְת֣וֹchaytonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
- חַיְת֖וֹchaytonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal
You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
- חַיַּ֤תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
Jeremiah
twenty-three uses
“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
- חַיִּ֗יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
- מֵֽחַיִּ֔יםmechaiyimpreposition + noun · masculine pluraltagged: more than life
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
- חַיִּ֔יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
- חַיִּ֖יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- הַחַיִּ֖יםhachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
- חַיִּ֔יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַיָּֽו׃chaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
- חַיָּֽיו׃chaiyavnoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
Lamentations
three uses
- חָ֔יchaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
- חַיָּ֔יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
- חַיָּֽי׃chaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
Ezekiel
fifty-nine uses
- חַיּ֑וֹתchaiyotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: living creatures
- הַחַיּ֜וֹתhachaiyotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the living creatures
- הַחַיּ֑וֹתhachaiyotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the living creatures
- וְהַחַיּ֖וֹתvehachaiyotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the living creatures
- הַחַיּ֑וֹתhachaiyotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the living creatures
- הַחַיּ֖וֹתhachaiyotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the living creatures
- הַֽחַיּ֔וֹתhachaiyotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the living creatures
- הַֽחַיּוֹת֙hachaiyotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the living creatures
- הַחַיָּ֖הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
- הַחַיָּ֖הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
- הַחַיָּה֙hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
- הַחַיּ֗וֹתhachaiyotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the living creatures
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחַיָּ֤הvechaiyahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
- בַּחַיִּ֖יםbachaiyimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluraltagged: in the life
- חַיָּתָ֑םchaiyatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: life their
- חַיָּת֖וֹchaiyatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: life his
- הַחַיָּ֔הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
- הַחַיָּ֖הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
- הַחַיָּ֗הhachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the living creature
- חַיָּ֥הchaiyahnoun · feminine singulartagged: animal
- הַחַיָּֽה׃hachaiyahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the animal
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחַיָּ֤הvechaiyahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and animal
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- לְחַיַּ֥תlechaiyatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to animal of
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- חַיִּ֔יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- חַיִּ֗יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- חַיִּֽים׃chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- חַיִּ֑יםchaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- הַֽחַיִּים֙hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- לַחַיָּ֥הlachaiyahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the animal
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַיַּ֤תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַיָּֽה־chaiyah-noun · feminine singulartagged: animal
- וְחַיַּ֥תvechaiyatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and animal of
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- וְחַיַּ֣תvechaiyatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and animal of
- וְחַיַּ֥תvechaiyatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and animal of
- חַיַּ֣תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
- חַיָּ֣ה׀chaiyahadjective · feminine singulartagged: living
Daniel
three uses
- חַיּוֹת֙chaiyotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: living creatures
- לְחַיֵּ֣יlechaiyeipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to life of
- בְּחֵ֣יbecheipreposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by living one of
Hosea
six uses
- חָֽי׃chaiadjective · masculine singulartagged: living
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
- חַיַּ֤תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
- בְּחַיַּ֥תbechaiyatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: among animal of
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַיַּ֥תchaiyatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the animal of
Amos
two uses
- חֵ֤יcheiadjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: life of
- וְחֵ֖יvecheiconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singulartagged: and life
Jonah
three uses
- חַיַּ֖יchaiyainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: life my
- מֵחַיָּֽי׃ סmechaiyaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: more than life my
- מֵחַיָּֽי׃mechaiyaipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: more than life my
Zephaniah
three uses
- חַי־chai-adjective · masculine singulartagged: life
- חַיְתוֹ־chaytov-noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: animal of
- לַֽחַיָּ֔הlachaiyahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: for the animal
Zechariah
one use
- חַיִּים֙chaiyimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: living
Malachi
one use
- הַֽחַיִּים֙hachaiyimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluraltagged: the life
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