Etymology

From Proto-SemiticCategory:Hebrew terms inherited from Proto-Semitic#חיCategory:Hebrew terms derived from Proto-Semitic#חי *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá).^[1]

Compare with Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy) and Ge'ez ሐይወ (ḥäywä).

Pronunciation

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħajj/Category:Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation#חי
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħaj/ [ˈħaːj]Category:Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation#חי
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈħaj/ [ˈħæːj]Category:Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation#חי
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχaj/ (West), /ˈħaj/ (East)Category:Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation#חי
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχaj/Category:Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation#חי
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχaj/Category:Hebrew terms with IPA pronunciation#חי

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Adjective

חַי • (kháy) (feminine חַיָּהCategory:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#חיCategory:Hebrew links with redundant target parameters#חי, masculine plural חַיִּיםCategory:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#חיCategory:Hebrew links with redundant target parameters#חי, feminine plural חַיּוֹתCategory:Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks#חיCategory:Hebrew links with redundant target parameters#חי)Category:Hebrew lemmas#חיCategory:Hebrew adjectives#חיCategory:Hebrew entries with incorrect language header#חיCategory:Pages with entries#חיCategory:Pages with 1 entry#חי

1. alive
2. living, live
3. lively

Verb

חַי • (kháy) (pa'al construction)Category:Hebrew lemmas#חיCategory:Hebrew verbs#חיCategory:Hebrew pa'al verbs#חיCategory:Hebrew entries with incorrect language header#חיCategory:Pages with entries#חיCategory:Pages with 1 entry#חי

1. to live (to be alive, to have life)
2. to live (to have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside)

   Synonym: גר

References

• H2416 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible