The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

חַיִּין‏ n.m.pl. life

life, lifetime Com. bḥyy_ : during the lifetime of Com. ˁl/l_ ḥyy : for the health and welfare of Com. in an oath formula, often elliptical for "by the life of" OA^East, Syr, JLAtg, JBA, LJLA.

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