Lexicon / H2416a
חַי
chay
  • alive
  • living

STEPBible TBESH

Glosses: alive

adj

1) living, alive

1a) green (of vegetation)

1b) flowing, fresh (of water)

1c) lively, active (of man)

1d) reviving (of the springtime)

Aramaic equivalent: chay (חַי "living" H2417)

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: alive; living

Root √חיה: חָיָה vb live Qal live be quickened revive , Pi preserve alive let live , give life quicken revive refresh . Hiph preserve alive let live , quicken revive . 283.

חַי adj alive living of God living one , as the, the fountain of life of man alive living of animals. animals man and green (dub.) of vegetation, as thorns, fresh of water, lively active (dub.), reviving .