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ḥy (ḥay, ḥayyā) adj. alive
1
alive
Common Aramaic
P Gn25:6↗ ܥܕ ܗ݂ܘ ܚܝ‏ ; IMac8:7↗ ܐܚܕܘܗܝ ܟܕ ܚܝ‏ : they captured him alive ; BT Pes 110a(28)↗ מלכא חייא‏ : a living king ; PJ Gen1:21↗ וית כל נפשא חייתא דרחשא‏ ; PJ Gen16:13↗ אנת הוא חי וקיים דחמי ולא מתחמי‏
(1)
subst. : living being
Dan 4:14↗ עַד־דִּבְרַת דִּי יִנְדְּעוּן חַיַּיָּא דִּי־שַׁלִּיט עליא/#ק#עִלָּאָה/ בְּמַלְכוּת אנושׁ‏ : so that the living might know that the Most High rules in the human kingdom ; 4Q534.1.8↗ וידע רזי כול חייא‏ ; PTBer 5.a:10[2]↗ אין מן חייא הוא דוד שמיה‏ : if he is one of the living people, his name is David ; BT San 29b(9)↗ חיי ומייתי‏ : the living and the dead
(2)
w. God, king in an oath formula : by the life of, as the ... lives
Qumran, Syr
11QtgJob 10.8=27:2↗ חי אלהא̇[ ٠٠٠‏ : [MT: חַי־אֵל] ; P Ju8:19↗ ܚܝ ܗܘ ܡܪܝܐ ܐܠܗܐ‏ ; JosephBenjamin 8↗ ܚܲܝ ܗ̄ܽܘ ܡܵܪܝܵܐ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ ܘܚܲܝܲܘ̈ܗܝ ܕܡܲܠܟܵܐ ܕܡܸܨܪܸܝܢ݁ ܕܒܼܝܫܬܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܬܸܡܛܸܐ ܠܵܟ ܛܲܠܝܵܐ‏ : as the Lord God lives and by the life of the King of Egypt, evil shall not happen to you lad
(3)
ܒܝܼܫܐܝܬ : evil person (a foul term)
Syr
Pel 8.1 ܚܝܬ ܒܝ݂ܫܐܝܬ‏ : fem. ; Pel 8.10 ܚܝ ܒܝ݂ܫܐܝܬ‏ : masc.
2
in a natural state
(1)
raw
JLAtg, Gal, Sam, Syr, JBA
TgO Ex12:9↗ לָא תֵיכְלוּן מִנֵיה כַד חַי‏ ; SamTgJ Ex12:9↗ אל תיכלון מנה חי‏ ; Geop 103:22↗ ܐܦ ܐܪܣܢܐ ܚܝܐ ܕܐܫܬܪܝ ܒܚܡܪܐ ܡܥܕܪ‏ : raw barley diluted in wine also helps ; P Ex12:9↗ ܟܕ ܚܝ‏ ; BT Šab 18b(18)↗ קידר׳ חיתא‏ : a potful of uncooked (food)
(2)
fresh flowing, fluid
Qumran, Syr, Man, LJLA
QumNJ 11::2:1↗ מין חיין‏ ; BHBS.M Min 3.1.2.7 ܫܪܟܐ ܡܢܗ݀ ܡܢܬܐ ܚܝܬܐ ܕܠܐ ܥܕܟܝܠ ܩܛܪܬ ܡܛܠ ܕܗܝܢܘܬܗ݀‏ : a fluid part of it remains that has not yet solidified on account of its oiliness ; P Lv15:13↗ ܘܢܚܠܠ ܡܐ̈ܢܘܗܝ ܘܢܣܚܐ ܒܣܪܗ ܒܡ̈ܝܐ ܚ̈ܝܐ‏ : he must launder his clothing and wash his flesh in fresh water ; ATS 1.2:924↗ ḏšatin mia hiia halin ; PJ Ex29:4↗ בארבעין סאוין דמיין חיין‏ : in 40 seahs of fresh water
(3)
(of wine) undiluted
Syr, JBA
PsS 8:15↗ ܘܐܫܩܝ݂ ܐܢܘܢ݁ ܟܣܐ ܚ݂݁ܝܐ ܠܪܘܝܘܬܐ‏ : he gave them an undiluted cup to drink to satiety ; BT Git 67b(29)↗ לתלגא בישרא שמינא אגומרי וחמרא חייא‏ : for a chill: fat meat on coals with undiluted wine
3
adv. : rapidly (see also s.v. ḥyˀ)
OfAEast, Qumran, Sam
GenApoc 20.29↗ וצ̇לית̇ על[וה]י̇ על [٠٠٠]רפא חי‏ : I prayed over him for rapid healing(?)
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 444[228]DJPA: 197bDJBA: 454aJastrow: 450Drower/Macuch: 118b, 119a, 120Payne-Smith ~: 1251J. Payne-Smith: 138fLevy Ch-W: 1:252Tal Sam: 266DNWSI: 365DCPA[Schulthess]: 125[62]BarBahlul: 742:2Qumran: 82

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