Lexical Definition

‎מִחְיָה‎ michyâh (mikh-yaw') recovery ^H:N-F
from ‎חָיָה‎

preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.

• preservation of life
• hence, sustenance
• also the live flesh, i.e. the quick

1) preservation of life, sustenance
1a) preservation of life
1b) sustenance
1c) reviving
1d) the quick of the flesh, live flesh, tender or raw flesh

See Greek: περιποίησις · ὑπόστασις

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִחְיָה‎ noun feminine preservation of life, sustenance, ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 45:5 + 4 t.; construct ‎מִחְיַת‎ Lev 13:10; Lev 13:24 suffix ‎מִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ‎ Judg 17:10 —

1. preservation of life Gen 45:5 (E), 2Chr 14:12*.

2. sustenance Judg 6:4; Judg 17:10.

3. reviving, Ezra 9:8; Ezra 9:9.

4. the quick (‎בָּשָׂר‎) ‎מִחְיַת‎ the quick (or raw spot) of the flesh Lev 13:10; Lev 13:24 (P).

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