Lexical Definition

‎חַי‎ chay (khah'-ee) living ^A:A
(Aramaic) from ‎חֲיָא‎

life, that liveth, living.

• alive
• also (as noun in plural) life

1) alive, living, life

Extended Information

Aramaic of: חַי

• Aramaic of chay (‎ח‎ַ‎י‎ "alive" חַי)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חַי‎ adjective living (Biblical Hebrew id); —

1. of God: absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Dan 4:31*, emphatic ‎חַיָא‎ Dan 6:21*. 27; men, plural emphatic ‎חַיַיָא‎ the lilving Dan 2:30; Dan 4:14*.

2. plural as abstract noun life (Biblical Hebrew ‎חַיִּים‎): ‎חַיִּין‎ Dan 7:12 construct ‎חַיֵּי‎ Ezra 6:10.

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