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ḥyh, ḥytˀ (ḥayyā, ḥayyəṯā) n.f. living creature
1
animals (collective)
JLAtg, PTA, Sam, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen1:24↗ וְחַיַת אַרעָא לִזנַה‏ : ground-animals by their kind ; TN Gen1:25↗ וברא ממרה דייי ית חייתא דארעא למינה‏ : The Lord's memra created the animals of the earth according to their kind ; TN Gen9:10↗ חיתא דארעא‏ ; PJ Gen8:17↗ כל חיתא דעימך מכל בישרא בעופא ובבעירא‏ : all the animals that are with you of every kind of flesh among the fowl and the cattle
(1)
as singular
JLAtg, JBAg, Man, LJLA
TgO Gen37:33↗ חַיתָא בִישתָא אֲכַלתֵיה‏ : a bad animal ate him ; HM(1) 84:(1)33↗ כל חיתא דמחבלא‏ : every dangerous animal ; GS 14:2↗ damia kḏ haita ḏmn gizra ˁtpisqat : it is like an animal that was separated from its flock ; PJ Gen9:5↗ כל חיתא דקטלא לבר נשא‏ : every animal that kills a person
(2)
כְחַיַת שֵׁינָא : dangerous wild animal
JLAtg
TgJ Hos13:8↗ וְקַטֵילתִנוּן תַמָן כִבנֵי אַריָוָן כְחַיַת שֵינָא דִמבַזְעָא‏ : I killed them there like lions, like a wild beast that rips to pieces
(3)
חַיַת בָרָא : wild animals
JLAtg
TgJ Hos2:14↗ וַאֲשַוֵינוּן לְחוּרשָא וְתֵיכֵילִנוּן חַיַת בָרָא‏ : I shall put them into the forest and the wild animals will eat them
2
zoomorphic angel bearing the divine throne (see also s.v. ḥywh)
LJLA
3
fig.: vigorous woman
PTA
TN Ex1:19↗ חיין אינון‏ : [=MT חָיוֹת הֵנָּה]
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Note that LJLA prefers the Syriacizing form ḥywh, ḥywtˀ.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 198bDJBA: 455aJastrow: 455Levy Ch-W: 1:252Tal Sam: 267bQumran: 82

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