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ḥyw, ḥywtˀ (ḥayyū, ḥayyūṯā) n.f. life
1
life, state of living
JLAtg, CPA, Syr, JBA, JBAg, Man, LJLA
TgJ 2Sam21:5↗ דחַשֵיב למפסק חייותנא‏ : who plots to cut short our lives ; EphFid 46:11.2↗ ܘܨܒܬܗ ܒܚܝܘܬܐ ܘܐܘܪܒܗ ܒܚܐܪܘܬܐ‏ : He adorned it with life and augmented it with freedom ; BT Sot 45b(41)↗ במאי קמפלגי, מר סבר, עיקר חיותא בטיבוריה, ומר סבר, עיקר חיותא באפיה הוא‏ : what do they disagree about? one master thinks the essence of the life-force is in his navel, the other master thinks the essence of the life-force in his face ; GY 9:13 ↗ litlaihun miniana lšnaihun ulakila lkul haiutun : their years have no number nor is there a measure to all their life ; TgTosPr Judges.5:4↗ אף ענניא נגדו מטרא דרעוא וטלין דחייותא לאחאה בהון מיתי עמך‏ : the clouds even flowed with the pleasant rain and the life-force dews with which to revive the dead of Your people
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life-giving condition
Syr
EpisJer 29↗ ܘܐܢܬܬܐ ܒܟܦܣܗ݀ ܘܒܚܝܘܬܗ݀ ܘܒܛܢܦܘܬ݂ܗ݂݀ ܡܬ݁ܩܪܒܐ ܠܗܘܢ‏ : a woman can approach them while menstruous, while about to give birth, or while in an impure state
2
animal nature
Syr
ArisCat 26:5 ܦܘܪܫܢܐ ܕܝܢ ܕܚܝܘܬܐ܃ ܕܪ̈ܓܠܐ ܘܦܪ̈ܘܚܐ‏ : the differentiae of animal nature are footed-ones vs. flyers ; ThbK1 84:2↗ ܦܝܠܐ܂ ܗ݀ܝ ܓܝܪ ܕܦܚܡܗ݀ ܠܒܝܫܘܬܗ ܕܣܛܢܐ ܒܕܚܝܘܬܐ ܕܡܘܬܢܐܝܬ‏ : the elephant, that which he figuratively made like Satan's evil in respect of animal nature
3
raw state
Syr, JBAg
EphFid 28:2.3↗ ܘܐܦ ܚܡܪܐ ܡܣܓܦ ܒܚܝܘܬܗ‏ : wine, too, is damaging in its raw state ; HP Sassoon(1) 190.11↗ כל מיני קטניות, כגון חימצי ובקילי טלפחי ומאגי בחיותיהו‏ : all kinds of legumes, like chickpeas, b'-beans, lentils, and mung beans in their raw state
4
livelihood
JBA, LJLA
TgJ 2Sam21:5tos↗ גֻברָא דְשֵיצִינָא ודחשב למפסק חייותנא‏ ; BT BB 21b(27)↗ קא פסקת ליה לחיותאי‏ : you are cutting off my livelihood ; TgTosPr 2Sam.21:5↗ text not cited
5
womb
Man
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See note.
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In Syriac this word and ḥywh are have essentially merged.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 444[229]DJBA: 452aJastrow: 452Drower/Macuch: 119bPayne-Smith: 1255J. Payne-Smith: 140DCPA[Schulthess]: 126[]

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