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ḥywh, ḥywtˀ (ḥay/ēwā, ḥay/ēwṯā) n.f. animal
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animal
Common Aramaic
TgO Num35:3↗ לִבעִירְהוֹן וֻלקִניָנְהוֹן וֻלכָל חֵיוָתְהוֹן‏ : for your cattle, your flocks, and all your animals ; TN Ex22:30↗ חווה קטילא‏ : a killed animal ; P Gn1:24↗ ܚܝܘܬܐ ܕܐܪܥܐ ܠܓܢܣܗ‏ ; BT BM 93a(43)↗ ההוא רעיא דהוה רעי חיותא אגודא דנהר פפא‏ : a certain shepherd who used to herd animals on the bank of the Pappa canal
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+ br #2 n.m., $n n.f. : see s.vv. ḥywt br n.f., ḥywt šnˀ n.f. : a wild, carnivorous animal
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alone
Common Aramaic
PTBer 2.a:33[2]↗ צדי לון מקמי חיותא‏ : they are afraid of the wild animals ; ThbK1 42:7↗ ܠܟܡܐ ܛܟ̈ܣܐ ܡ̈ܬܦܠܓܢ ܚ̈ܝܘܬܐ܂ ܠܬܪ̈ܝܢ܂ ܠܕܐܟ݂ܠܬ ܒܣܪܐ ܕܡܬܩܪ̈ܝܢ ܚ̈ܝܘܬܐ܂ ܘܠܕܐܟܠ݂ܬ ܥܣܒܐ ܕܐܝܬܝܗ݀ ܒܥܝܪ̈ܐ‏ : into how many categories are animals divided? Two: the flesh eater, which are called 'wild beasts,' and the grass eater, which is 'domesticated' ; P Gn37:20↗ ܚܝܘܬܐ ܒܝܫܬܐ‏ ; PJ Ex22:9↗ חמר או תור או אימר וכל בעירא ٠٠٠ וימות או איתביר מן חיוא‏ : an ass, ox, sheep, or any animal ... that dies or is savaged by a wild animal
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ܚܝܘܬ ܢܨܒܬܐ : non-motive sea creatures
Syr
JEhCh 201b:21 text not cited ; JbEd BTr 356.1:28↗ ܚܝܘܬ ܢܨܒ̈ܬܐ ܠܙܠ̈ܦܬܐ ܘܐܣܦܘ̈ܓܐ ܘܚܠ̈ܝܙܘ݂ܢܐ‏ : animal-plants: oysters, sponges, and murex
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living being
Syr
SergResh 107:n6 ܓܘܫܡܐ ܕܐܝܬ ܒܗ ܢܦܫܐ ܡܬܩܪܐ ܚܝܘܬܐ‏ : a body in which there is a soul is called an living being
2
pl. zoomorphic angels bearing the divine throne
Gal
BR 917:4(1)↗ מן ד{י}עתהון דחיואתה דהינין מדיען‏ : from the perspiration of the heavenly creatures that they perspire ; SYAP 11:26↗ ואשכח קאים בין חיותא‏ ; TgTosPr Ezek.1:1↗ ובתר כן מתחזן פרסת רגלי חיותא דאופנים דאינון רמן כרום ארעא לרום שמיא‏ : afterward the soles of the feet of the animals of the "wheels" are seen which are taller than the height from the ground to the heavens
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emph.: Syriac ܚܲܝܘ݂ܬܵܐ‏; others ḥay/ēwṯā; JBA pl. also חיוי ; Mand. pl. also hiuaniata
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 446[229]DJPA: 197aDJBA: 451bJastrow: 453Drower/Macuch: 119b, 142a, 141bPayne-Smith ~: 1251J. Payne-Smith: 140aLevy Ch-W: 1:253DCPA[Schulthess]: 126[62]Qumran: 82

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