חיים

Cognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew)

  (all senses except proper noun): IPA^(key): /χaˈ(j)im/

  (proper noun): IPA^(key): /ˈχa.(j)im/ (due to influence from Yiddish)

• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /xaˈjim/, ,
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaˈjim/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħæˈjim/
• Rhymes: -im

חַיִּים • (khayím)

1. masculine plural indefinite form of חַי (kháy)

חַיִּים • (khayím) m pl (plural construct חַיֵּי־) (plural only)

1. life (period during which one is alive)
   • Tanach, Genesis 23:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי שָׂרָה׃

     vayihyú khayé sará me'á shaná v'esrím shaná v'shéva' shaním sh'né khayé sará.
     wayyihyū ḥayyē śārā mēʾā šānā wəʿeśrīm šānā wəšéḇaʿ šānīm šənē ḥayyē śārā.

     And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.

2. life (state of being alive)
3. life (the process of life, all biological life)

• מוות / מָוֶת (mávet)

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חַיִּים • (kháyim) m

1. a male given name, Haim or Chaim

חַיִּים • (khayím)

1. living, are living, live: masculine plural present participle and present tense of חי (khay)

From Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím, “life”).

חיים • (khayem) m

1. (especially in the context of religion) life

   Synonym: לעבן (lebn)

• לחיים (lekhayem)

חיים • (khayem) m

1. a male given name: Chaim