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חַיִּין‏ n.m.pl. life

life, lifetime Com. 4Q537 A:4 : שני חיי‏ . PJ Gen47:8 : כמה אינון יומי שני חייך‏ how many are the days of the years of your life? (i.e., how old are you?). bḥyy_ : during the lifetime of Com. TgO Deut7:10 : דִאִינוּן עָבְדִין קְדָמוֹהִי בְחַיֵיהוֹן‏ . PJ Gen3:24 : על די פלחו בחייהון באולפן אורייתא בעלמא הדין‏ because during their lifetime they worked studying Torah in this world. ˁl/l_ ḥyy : for the health and welfare of Com. 310006.10 : וּמְצַלַּיִן לְחַיֵּי מַלְכָּא וּבְנוֹהִי‏ praying for the life of the king and his sons. in an oath formula, often elliptical for "by the life of" OA^East, Syr, JLAtg, JBA, LJLA. TgJ 1Sam17:55 : חַיֵי נַפשָך מַלכָא אִם יָדַע אְנָא‏ I swear by your life, king, if I know. TgEsth2^sup5.1-03:2 : אמר ליה המן לחיי‏ Haman said to him: I swear it by my life.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 199a; DJBA: 454a; Jastrow: 455; Levy Ch-W: 1:253; Tal Sam: 267; DJA: 49a; Cook,Qumran: 83;

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lḥyy (lḥayyay) interj. all right