חי

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Hebrew

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ח־י־ה (kh-y-h)
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Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַוָּה (khavá).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

חַי • (kháy) (feminine חַיָּה, masculine plural חַיִּים, feminine plural חַיּוֹת)

  1. alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively: - + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life, lifetime, maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
  2. living, live
  3. lively

Derived terms

Verb

חַי • (kháy) (pa'al construction)

  1. to live

Conjugation

Conjugation of חַי (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms
finite forms masculine
singular		 feminine
singular		 masculine
plural		 feminine
plural
past first person חָיִיתִי חָיִינוּ
second person חָיִיתָ חָיִית חֲיִיתֶם חֲיִיתֶן
third person חַי חייתה \ חָיְתָה חָיוּ
present all persons חַי חַיָּה חַיִּים חַיּוֹת
future first person אֶחְיֶה נִחְיֶה
second person תִּחְיֶה תִּחְיִי תּחְיוּ תִּחְיֶינָה1
third person יִחְיֶה תִּחְיֶה יִחְיוּ תִּחְיֶינָה1
imperative second person חֲיֵה חֲיִי חֲיוּ חֲיֶינָה1
notes
  1. Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing.

Derived terms

  • גר (gar), while חי can describe living in both senses, existence and residency, גר defines only the latter.
  • לחיים

References

  1. ^ Huehnergard, John (2011) “Proto-Semitic Language & Culture; Semitic Roots”, in American Heritage Dictionary‎, 5th edition, Appendix II: Semitic Roots, page 2074 of 2066-2078
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