The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

חַי‏ adj. alive

alive Com. w. God, king in an oath formula : by the life of, as the ... lives Qumran, Syr. raw JLAtg, Gal, Sam, Syr, JBA. fresh flowing, fluid Qumran, Syr, Man, LJLA.

adv. : rapidly (see also s.v. ḥyˀ) OfA^East, Qumran, Sam.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 197b; DJBA: 454a; Jastrow: 450; Levy Ch-W: 1:252; Tal Sam: 266; DNWSI: 365; Cook,Qumran: 82;

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Derivatives:

ḥyh, ḥytˀ (ḥayyā, ḥayyəṯā) n.f. midwife

ḥyh, ḥytˀ (ḥayyā, ḥayyəṯā) n.f. #2 living creature

ḥyh, ḥytˀ (ḥayyā, ḥayyəṯā) n.f. #3 encampment