החיה

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Hebrew

Root
ח־י־ה (kh-y-h)

Verb

הֶחֱיָה • (heḥeyá) (hif'il construction)

  1. To revive, to resuscitate, to revitalize, to quicken
    • Tanach, Psalms 143:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      לְמַעַן־שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה תְּחַיֵּנִי בְּצִדְקָתְךָ תוֹצִיא מִצָּרָה נַפְשִׁי׃
      L'má'an shim'kha, YHWH, t'ḥayéni, b'tzidqat'khá totzí mitzará nafshí
      For Thy name's sake, O LORD, quicken me; In Thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
    • Tanach, Deuteronomy 32:39, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      רְאוּ עַתָּה כִּי אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים עִמָּדִי אֲנִי אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה מָחַצְתִּי וַאֲנִי אֶרְפָּא וְאֵין מִיָּדִי מַצִּיל׃
      Re'ú 'atah ki ani hu v-ein elohim 'imadi; ani amit va-aḥayeh; maḥatzti va-ani erpa; v-ein miyadi matzil
      See now that I, even I, am He, And there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of My hand.
  2. To resurrect
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Avot 4:22:
      הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר: הַיִּלּוֹדִים לָמוּת, וְהַמֵּתִים לְהֵחָיוֹת, וְהַחַיִּים לִדּוֹן׃
      Hu hayáh omer: Ha-yiludim lamut, v-ha-metim l'heḥayot, v-ha-ḥayyim lidon.
      He would say: The born will die, and the dead will be resurrected, and the living will be judged.
    • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 90b:
      שָׁאֲלוּ מִינִין אֶת רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל: מִנַּיִין שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְחַיֶּה מֵתִים? אָמַר לָהֶם, מִן הַתּוֹרָה וּמִן הַנְּבִיאִים וּמִן הַכְּתוּבִים, וְלֹא קִיבְּלוּ מִמֶּנוּ.
      Sha'alú minín et Rabán Gamliél: Mináyin she-ha-Qadósh Barúkh Hu m'ḥaye metím? Amár lahém: Min ha-Toráh u-min ha-N'vi'ím u-min ha-K'tuvím, v-lo qiblú miménnu.
      Heretics asked Rabban Gamliel: From where that the Holy Blessed One resurrects the dead? He said to them: From the Torah, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa, but they did not receive it from him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of הֶחְיָה ,הֶחֱיָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms
finite forms masculine
singular		 feminine
singular		 masculine
plural		 feminine
plural
past first person הֶחְיֵיתִי ,הֶחֱיֵיתִי הֶחְיֵינוּ ,הֶחֱיֵינוּ
second person הֶחְיֵיתָ ,הֶחֱיֵיתָ הֶחְיֵית ,הֶחֱיֵית הֶחְיֵיתֶם ,הֶחֱיֵיתֶם הֶחְיֵיתֶן ,הֶחֱיֵיתֶן
third person הֶחְיָה ,הֶחֱיָה הֶחְיְתָה ,הֶחֶיְתָה הֶחְיוּ ,הֶחֱיוּ
present all persons מְחַיֶּה מְחַיָּה מְחַיִּים מְחַיּוֹת
future first person אֲחַיֶּה נְחַיֶּה
second person תְּחַיֶּה תְּחַיִּי תְּחַיּוּ תְּחַיֶּינָה1
third person יְחַיֶּה תְּחַיֶּה יְחַיּוּ תְּחַיֶּינָה1
imperative second person הַחְיֵה ,הַחֲיֵה הַחְיִי ,הַחֲיִי הַחְיוּ ,הַחֲיוּ הַחְיֶינָה ,הַחֲיֶינָה1
notes
  1. Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing.
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