Hebrew verb · H2421
חָיָה
chayahkhaw-yaw'
to live
282 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châyâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2421is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 27 of 39Old Testament books
- 185spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2421
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
The King James renders it: keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
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
chayah is rendered "to live". It stands 282 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-seven books.
- Fifty-nine of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 3:22Then 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...”
- The Greek text spells it 185 different ways.
The first use
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...”
Genesis 3:22וָחַ֥י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twenty-seven of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and he lived42
- and he will live22
- he will live21
- and live11
- may he live10
- certainly live9
- preserve alive me9
- you will live8
- and you will live6
- you may live6
- he lived5
- I will live4
and 94 more, 282 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.
All 282, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
185 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
- וַֽיְחִי־12
- וַיְחִ֣י8
- וַֽיְחִ֣י7
- וָחָֽי׃6
- חַיֵּֽנִי׃6
- יְחִ֥י6
- וָחָ֑י4
- וִֽחְי֑וּ4
- וַיֶּֽחִי׃4
- חָיֹ֥ה4
- יְחִ֖י4
- יִחְיֶֽה׃4
and 173 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3ms43Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular27HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vqq3ms26Hc/Vqq3ms
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute11HVqaa
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular11HVqj3ms
- verb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular9HVpv2ms/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural8HC/Vqv2mp
- verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular7HVpi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural7HVqi3mp
- preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)6HR/Vhcc
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular6HVhp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular6HVqi2ms
Genesis
fifty-nine uses
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...”
- וָחַ֥יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.
- וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
- חַ֔יchaiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lived
When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.
- וַֽיְחִ֥יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.
- וַֽיְחִ֥יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.
- וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.
- וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.
- וַיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.
- לְהַחֲיֹ֣תlehachayotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to preserve alive
Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
- לְהַֽחֲיֽוֹת׃lehachayotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to preserve alive
and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.
- לְחַיּ֥וֹתlechaiyotpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to preserve alive
After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.
- חַ֔יchaiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lived
And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.
- חַ֖יchaiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lived
And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.
- וַיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.
- וַיְחִ֥יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.
- וַיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.
- וַיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.
- וַֽיְחִי־vaychi-Hc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.
- יְחַיּֽוּ׃yechaiyuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will let live
Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”
- וְחָיְתָ֥הvechayetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and it will live
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
- יִחְיֶ֥הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
- לְהַחֲי֖וֹתlehachayotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: by preserving alive
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
- וּתְחִ֥יutechiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: so it may live
Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
- וּנְחַיֶּ֥הunechaiyehHC/Vpu1cptagged: so we may preserve alive
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
- וּנְחַיֶּ֥הunechaiyehHC/Vpu1cptagged: so we may preserve alive
Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
- וֶֽחְיֵ֑הvechyehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and live
Abraham lived a total of 175 years.
- חָ֑יchaiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lived
You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
- תִֽחְיֶ֔הtichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will live
If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
- יִֽחְיֶה֒yichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
- וְנִחְיֶ֖הvenichyehHC/Vqu1cptagged: so we may live
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
- וִֽחְי֑וּvichyuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and live
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
- וְנִֽחְיֶה֙venichyehHC/Vqu1cptagged: and we may live
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
- וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹתulehachayotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to preserve alive
However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.
- וַתְּחִ֕יvatechiHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it lived
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
- וְנִֽחְיֶה֙venichyehHC/Vqu1cptagged: so we may live
“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
- הֶחֱיִתָ֑נוּhecheyitanuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: you have preserved alive us
And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.
- וַיְחִ֤יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.
- לְהַחֲיֹ֥תlehachayotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to preserve alive
Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.
- וַיְחִ֣יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
Exodus
seven uses
“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”
- וָחָֽיָה׃vachayahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and she will live
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָvatechaiyeinaHc/Vpw3fptagged: and they let live
So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”
- וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָvatechaiyeinaHc/Vpw2fptagged: and have you let live
Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
- תְּחַיּֽוּן׃ סtechaiyunverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you will let live
No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
- יִחְיֶ֑הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will live
You must not allow a sorceress to live.
- תְחַיֶּֽה׃ סtechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will let live
But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
- וָחָֽי׃vachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
Leviticus
three uses
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- וָחַ֣יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.
- וָחַ֖יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.
- וְחֵ֥יvecheiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
Numbers
eight uses
In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.
- וְחָיוּ֙vechayuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will live
Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.
- חָיוּ֙chayuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they lived
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”
- וָחָֽי׃vachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.
- וָחָֽי׃vachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he lived
The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”
- הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃hecheyeitiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I preserved alive
Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
- יִחְיֶ֖הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he live
“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
- הַֽחִיִּיתֶ֖םhachiyitemquestion particle + verb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: ¿ have you let live
but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
- הַחֲי֖וּhachayuverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: preserve alive
Deuteronomy
eighteen uses
Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- תִּֽחְי֗וּtichyuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you may live
Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
- וַיֶּֽחִי׃vaiyechiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and has it lived
to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:
- וָחָֽי׃vachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.
- וָחָֽי׃vachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?
- וַיֶּֽחִי׃vaiyechiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he has lived
You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.
- תִּֽחְיוּן֙tichyunverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you may live
And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.
- לְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּlechaiyotenupreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: to preserve alive us
You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.
- תִּֽחְי֜וּןtichyunverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nuntagged: you may live
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
- יִחְיֶ֣הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lives
- יִחְיֶ֥הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lives
Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- תִּֽחְיֶה֙tichyehverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you may live
Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
- וָחָ֑יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.
- וָחָֽי׃vachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
- תְחַיֶּ֖הtechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will let live
For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
- וְחָיִ֣יתָvechayitaHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will live
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,
- תִּחְיֶ֖הtichyehverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you may live
See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
- וַאֲחַיֶּ֗הvaachaiyehHC/Vpu1cstagged: and I may restore to life
Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”
- יְחִ֥יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: let him live
Joshua
eight uses
that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”
- וְהַחֲיִתֶ֞םvehachayitemHc/Vhq2mptagged: and you will let live
And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.
- חֲיוֹתָֽם׃ פchayotamverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: lived they
Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.
- תִּֽחְיֶ֗הtichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she will live
And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.
- הֶחֱיָ֣הhecheyahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he let live
And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
- לְחַיּוֹתָ֑םlechaiyotampreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: to let live them
This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
- וְהַחֲיֵ֣הvehachayehconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive absolutetagged: and we will let live
They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.
- יִֽחְי֑וּyichyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: let them live
Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,
- הֶחֱיָ֨הhecheyahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has let live
Judges
three 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.”
- הַחֲיִתֶ֣םhachayitemverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you had let live
So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
- וַיֶּ֑חִיvaiyechiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
- חִיּ֔וּchiyuverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they had preserved alive
1 Samuel
four uses
The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.
- וּמְחַיֶּ֑הumechaiyehconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: and restoring to life
Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- יְחִ֥יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
- יְחַיֶּ֖הyechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he let live
David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
- יְחַיֶּ֣הyechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he let live
2 Samuel
six uses
So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”
- יִֽחְיֶ֖הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.
- לְהַחֲי֑וֹתlehachayotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to let live
but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.
- וַיְחַיֶּ֕הָvaychaiyehaHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3fstagged: and he nourished it
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.’
- וְחַ֥יvechaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”
- יְחִ֥יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
- יְחִ֥יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
1 Kings
eight uses
For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’
- יְחִ֖יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”
- יְחִ֗יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’
- יְחִ֖יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”
- יְחִ֖יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.
- וַיֶּֽחִי׃vaiyechiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
- וּנְחַיֶּה֙unechaiyehHC/Vpu1cptagged: so we may preserve alive
Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
- יְחַיֶּ֥הyechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will let live
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.”
- תְּחִֽי־techi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: let it live
2 Kings
twenty-two uses
Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”
- אֶחְיֶ֖הʾechyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will live
She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
- תִֽחְיִ֖יtichyiverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will live
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”
- וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹתulehachayotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to restore to life
If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”
- יְחַיֻּ֣נוּyechaiyunuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: they will let live us
- נִֽחְיֶ֔הnichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will live
Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”
- הֶחֱיָ֨הhecheyahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had restored to life
And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”
- הֶחֱיָ֣הhecheyahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had restored to life
- הֶחֱיָ֤הhecheyahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had restored to life
- הֶחֱיָ֥הhecheyahverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he restored to life
So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- הַאֶחְיֶ֖הhaechyehquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: ¿ will I live
So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”
- הַאֶחְיֶ֖הhaechyehquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: ¿ will I live
Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”
- חָיֹ֣הchayohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to live
- תִחְיֶ֑הtichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will live
So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”
- חָיֹ֥הchayohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to live
- תִחְיֶֽה׃tichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will live
Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
- יִֽחְיֶ֑הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
- יְחִ֥יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.
- וַיְחִ֖יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
- וַיְחִ֨יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’
- וִֽחְי֖וּvichyuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and live
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- תִֽחְיֶֽה׃tichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will live
Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.
- וַיֶּֽחִי׃vaiyechiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
1 Chronicles
one use
He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.
- יְחַיֶּ֖הyechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he restored
2 Chronicles
two uses
Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”
- יְחִ֥יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.
- וַיְחִ֨יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
Nehemiah
six uses
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
- יִחְיֶ֑הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may he live
before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
- הַיְחַיּ֧וּhaychaiyuquestion particle + verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: ¿ will they restore
Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”
- וְנִחְיֶֽה׃venichyehHC/Vqu1cptagged: and we may live
But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
- וָחָ֑יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.
- מְחַיֶּ֣הmechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), participle · masculine singulartagged: preserving alive
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
- וְחָיָ֣הvechayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
Esther
one use
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
- וְחָיָ֑הvechayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
Job
six uses
I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
- אֶֽחְיֶ֑הʾechyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will live
When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
- הֲיִ֫חְיֶ֥הhayichyehquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: ¿ will he live
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- יִחְי֑וּyichyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: do they live
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
- תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃techaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it gives life me
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
- יְחַיֶּ֥הyechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he preserves alive
After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
- וַיְחִ֤יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
Psalms
thirty-one uses
The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!
- יְחִ֖יyechiverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: may it live
All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
- חִיָּֽה׃chiyahverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he has preserved alive
O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.
- חִ֝יִּיתַ֗נִיchiyitaniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you preserved alive me
to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
- וּ֝לְחַיּוֹתָ֗םulechaiyotamconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: and to preserve alive them
The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to surrender him to the will of his foes.
- וִֽ֭יחַיֵּהוּvichaiyehuHC/Vpu3ms/Sp3mstagged: and he will preserve alive him
that he should live on forever and not see decay.
- וִֽיחִי־vichi-conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: so he may live
The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!
- וִיחִ֥יvichiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and may it live
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.
- תְּחַיֵּ֑ינִיtechaiyeiniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will preserve alive me
Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.
- וִיחִ֗יvichiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and may he live
Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
- תְּ֝חַיֵּ֗נוּtechaiyenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: you will give life us
Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?
- תְּחַיֵּ֑נוּtechaiyenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: will you give life? us
What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
- יִֽ֭חְיֶהyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
- אֶֽחְיֶ֑הʾechyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will live
Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.
- אֶֽחְיֶ֗הʾechyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will live
My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
- חַ֝יֵּ֗נִיchaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: preserve alive me
Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.
- חַיֵּֽנִי׃chaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: preserve alive me
How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.
- חַיֵּֽנִי׃chaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: preserve alive me
This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.
- חִיָּֽתְנִי׃chiyateniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: it has preserved alive me
May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.
- וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑הveechyehHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may live
Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.
- חַיֵּ֑נִיchaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: preserve alive me
I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
- חִיִּיתָֽנִי׃chiyitaniverb · intensive (piel), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you have preserved alive me
I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.
- חַיֵּ֥נִיchaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: preserve alive me
Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.
- וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑הveechyehHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may live
Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
- וְאֶחְיֶֽה׃veechyehHC/Vqu1cstagged: so I may live
Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.
- חַיֵּֽנִי׃chaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: preserve alive me
Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.
- חַיֵּֽנִי׃chaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: preserve alive me
Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.
- חַיֵּֽנִי׃chaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: preserve alive me
Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.
- חַיֵּֽנִי׃chaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: preserve alive me
Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
- תְּֽחִי־techi-verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: may it live
If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִיtechaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you preserve alive me
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
- תְּחַיֵּ֑נִיtechaiyeniverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: you will preserve alive me
Proverbs
four uses
he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.
- וֶֽחְיֵֽה׃vechyehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and live
Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
- וֶחְיֵ֑הvechyehconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and live
Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
- וִֽחְי֑וּvichyuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and live
He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.
- יִחְיֶֽה׃yichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
Ecclesiastes
four uses
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
- יִֽחְיֶ֜הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?
- חָיָ֗הchayahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he lived
For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.
- תְּחַיֶּ֥הtechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: it preserves alive
So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.
- יִחְיֶ֥הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
Isaiah
eleven uses
On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
- יְחַיֶּה־yechaiyeh-verb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will preserve alive
The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
- יִחְי֔וּyichyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will live
Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- יִֽחְי֣וּyichyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will live
In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
- תִֽחְיֶֽה׃tichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will live
This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:
- וַיְחִ֖יvaychiHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he lived
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.
- יִֽחְי֑וּyichyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: people live
- וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃vehachayeniconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and preserve alive me
Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”
- וְיֶֽחִי׃veyechiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: so he may live
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
- וּתְחִ֣יutechiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: so may it live
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- לְהַחֲיוֹת֙lehachayotpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to restore
- וּֽלְהַחֲי֖וֹתulehachayotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and to restore
Jeremiah
ten uses
Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
- וְחָיָ֔הvechayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
- וִֽחְיֽוּ׃vichyuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and live
Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
- וִֽחְי֑וּvichyuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and live
Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
- תִּֽחְי֜וּtichyuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you may live
“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.
- וְחָיָ֔הvechayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
- וָחָֽי׃ סvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
- וְחָיְתָ֣הvechayetahHc/Vqq3fstagged: and you will live
- וְחָיִ֖תָהvechayitahHc/Vqq2mstagged: and you will live
“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
- וּתְחִ֥יutechiconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: so it may live
Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”
- אֲחַיֶּ֑הʾachaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will preserve alive
Lamentations
one use
The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
- נִֽחְיֶ֥הnichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we will live
Ezekiel
forty-eight uses
If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
- לְחַיֹּת֑וֹlechaiyotopreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to preserve alive him
But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”
- חָי֤וֹchayoverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly live
- יִֽחְיֶה֙yichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
- תְחַיֶּֽינָה׃techaiyeinahverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine pluraltagged: will you preserve alive
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
- וּלְחַיּ֥וֹתulechaiyotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: and by preserving alive
- תִֽחְיֶ֑ינָהtichyeinahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: they will live
Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
- לְהַחֲיֹתֽוֹ׃lehachayotopreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: to preserve alive him
Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’
- חֲיִ֔יchayiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: live
- חֲיִֽי׃chayiverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: live
He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.
- חָיֹ֣הchayohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly live
- יִֽחְיֶ֔הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
- וָחָ֑יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and will he live
- יִֽחְיֶ֗הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
- חָיֹ֥הchayohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly live
- יִחְיֶֽה׃yichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.
- חָיֹ֥הchayohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly live
- יִחְיֶֽה׃yichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
- חָיֹ֥הchayohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly live
- יִחְיֶ֖הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.
- יִֽחְיֶֽה׃yichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
- וְחָיָֽה׃ סvechayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.
- וָחָ֑יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and will he live
But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
- יְחַיֶּֽה׃yechaiyehverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will preserve alive
Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
- חָי֥וֹchayoverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly live
- יִחְיֶ֖הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!
- וִֽחְיֽוּ׃ פvichyuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and live
And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.
- וָחַ֥יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
- וָחַ֣יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
- וָחַ֣יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.
- יִֽחְי֖וּyichyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will live
Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’
- נִֽחְיֶֽה׃nichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: will we live
Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
- וְחָיָ֑הvechayahHc/Vqq3mstagged: and he will live
Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’
- לִֽחְי֥וֹתlichyotpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to live
If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
- חָיֹ֣הchayohverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly live
- יִֽחְיֶ֔הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
- חָי֥וֹchayoverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly live
- יִֽחְיֶ֖הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.
- חָי֥וֹchayoverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly live
- יִֽחְיֶֽה׃yichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.
- יִֽחְיֶֽה׃yichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”
- הֲתִחְיֶ֖ינָהhatichyeinahquestion particle + verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person feminine pluraltagged: ¿ will they live
This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.
- וִחְיִיתֶֽם׃vichyitemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will live
I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- וִחְיִיתֶ֑םvichyitemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will live
Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”
- וְיִֽחְיֽוּ׃veyichyuHC/Vqu3mptagged: so they may live
So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.
- וַיִּֽחְי֗וּvaiyichyuHc/Vqw3mptagged: and they lived
I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”
- וִחְיִיתֶ֔םvichyitemHc/Vqq2mptagged: and you will live
Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.
- יִֽחְיֶ֔הyichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will live
- וָחָ֔יvachaiHc/Vqq3mstagged: and it will live
Hosea
three uses
After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
- יְחַיֵּ֖נוּyechaiyenuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: he will restore to life us
- וְנִחְיֶ֥הvenichyehHC/Vqu1cptagged: and we may live
They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
- יְחַיּ֥וּyechaiyuverb · intensive (piel), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will cause to grow
Amos
three uses
For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!
- וִֽחְיֽוּ׃vichyuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and live
Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
- וִֽחְי֑וּvichyuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and live
Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
- תִּֽחְי֑וּtichyuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: you will live
Habakkuk
two uses
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
- יִחְיֶֽה׃yichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will live
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
- חַיֵּ֔יהוּchaiyeihuverb · intensive (piel), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: restore it
Zechariah
three uses
Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
- יִֽחְיֽוּ׃yichyuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: do they live
Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.
- וְחָי֥וּvechayuHc/Vqq3cptagged: and they will live
And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
- תִֽחְיֶ֔הtichyehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will live
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