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ḥyy vb. to live
GDCCt
Gpəˁalto live4 senses▶
1
to live
Common (except: OA)
Decree.R.8↗ זי חזוהי ולא אחדוהי לא יחיון‏ : those who saw him but did not seized him shall not live ; TAD B4.1 R.3↗ ו]כל מדעם זי יחיה בה איש‏ : everything (of food and clothing) that a person lives by means of ; Dan 2:4↗ מַלְכָּא לְעָלְמִין חֱיִי‏ : O King live forever! ; PAT923:1.6↗ ḥyˀ šnyn 60̱10̱5̱1 : he lived 76 years ; GenApoc 20.22↗ ואסמוך ידי עלוהי ויחה‏ : that I should lay my hands on him and he live ; P Ex33:20↗ ܕܠܐ ܚ݁ܙܐ ܠܝ ܒܪܢܫܐ ܘܚ݁ܝܐ‏ : no human has seen Me and lived ; JBABowl 14.1:3↗ ויחון ויתקימון ויתנטרון מן שידי‏ ; BT AZ 12b(13)↗ האי מאן דבלע זיבורא מחיא לא חיי‏ : a person who swallows a hornet will certainly not live ; PJ Ex6:16↗ חייא עד דחמא ית משה וית אהרן‏ : he lived until he saw Moses and Aaron
2
to revive, come back to life
Common Aramaic
P Ju6:4↗ ܕܢܚܘܢ ܬܘܪ̈ܐ‏ : that the cattle may revive ; P 1K(1)17:23↗ ܚܙܝ ܕܚܝܐ ܒܪܟܝ‏ : see that your son has come back to life ; BT Yom 49a(30)↗ והא קא חזינן דחיי‏ : but we, in fact, see that he recovers ; GY 64:23↗ šliha ana ḏnhura kul man ḏarha brihẖ hia : I am the messenger of light; everyone who smells of its scent revives
(1)
ܡܸܢ : to be healed
Syr
P 2K20:12↗ ܕܐܬܟܪܗ ܚܙܩܝܐ ܘܚܝܐ‏ ; P Is38:9↗ ܐܬܟܪܗ ܘܚܝܐ/ܘܐܬܚܠܡ/ ܡܢ ܟܘܪܗܢܗ‏
(1)
(pain) to be alleviated
Syr
AM 2:307:33 ܟܐܒܐ ܠܐ ܚܝ ܐܠܐ ܟܡܐ ܕܐܬ݂ܐ ܡܥ݂ܙ ܥ݁ܐܙ‏ : the pain was not alleviated, but whenever it came the stronger it actually became
3
to make a living
Syr
TDN.114:8↗ ܐܢܕܝܢ ܐܡܢܐ ܡܕܡ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܠܝܬ ܠܘܬ ܗܝ݁ ܕܢܚܐ‏ : but if there is no other craft by which he might live
4
(coals) to glow
JBA
BT BB 74b(21)var.↗ גומרי דהוה קא חיאן‏
Dpaˁˁelto revive someone1 sense▶
to revive someone
JLAtg, Sam, CPA
TgJ Hos6:2↗ יְחַיֵינַנָא לְיוֹמֵי נַחָמָתָא דַעֲתִידִין לְמֵיתֵי בְיוֹם אֲחָיוּת מִיתַיָא‏ ; Marqe 1.53↗ אנא הוא דחוית לאדם בתר דמת‏ : I am the one who revived Adam after he died
(1)
to allow to live, keep alive
JLAtg, LJLA
TgJ 2K7:4↗ אִם יְחַיוֹנַנָא נֵיחֵי וְאִם יִקטְלֻנַנָא וְנִתקְטִיל‏ : if they let us live then we shall live and if they kill us then we shall be killed ; TgPs41:3↗ ייי ינטריניה ויחייניה ויוטיביניה בארעא‏ ; TgPs138:7↗ אין אהלך במצע עקתא תחיינני‏
Cˀafˁelto revive (trans.)2 senses▶
1
to revive (trans.)
Common Aramaic
TgJ 2K8:5↗ אִתְתָא דְאַחיִי יָת בְרַה‏ : the woman whose son he revived ; TgJ Is38:16↗ עַל כָל מִיתַיָא אְמַרת לַאְחָאָה‏ ; Eph2:5↗ ܟܲܕ ܡܝ݂ܬܝ݂ܢ ܗܼܘܲܝܢ ܒܲܚܛܵܗܲܝܢ̈܃ ܐܲܚܝܲܢ ܥܲܡ ܡܫܝ݂ܚܵܐ‏ : While we were dead in our sins, he made us alive with the Messiah. ; PJ Ex13:17↗ גרמיא יבישיא דאחי יתהון מימרא דייי על ידא דיחזקאל נביא‏ : the dry bones that the Word of the Lord revived through the prophet Ezekiel
(1)
to grant life
Syr
P Mk15:31↗ ܐܼܚܪܵܢܸܐ̈ ܐܲܚܼܝ܃‏ : he gave life to others
(2)
to keep alive
Common Aramaic
SamTgJ Gen12:12↗ ויקטלון יתי ויתיך יחון‏ : they will kill me while keeping you alive ; SamTgJ Num31:15↗ למה אוחיתון כל נקבה‏ : why did you let every woman live? ; P Gn7:3↗ ܠܡܐܚܝܘ ܙܪܥܐ ܥܠ ܐ̈ܦܝ ܟܠܗ݀ ܐܪܥܐ‏ : to keep offspring alive over the surface of the whole earth ; JS_Elijah 1:146↗ ܒܒܲܝܬܵܐ ܕܡܲܢ ܟܲܝ ܐܼܝܬ ܗܼܘܵܐ ܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܕܢܲܐܚܸܐ ܠܲܒ̈ܢܲܘܗܼܝ‏ : in whose house was there bread to keep his children alive?
2
to save, sustain
Common Aramaic
NabCvLet 1:.12↗ rbˀl mlkˀ mlk nbṭw ḋẏ ˀḥyy wšyzb ˁmh ; OS MkSin3:4↗ ܢܦܫܐ ܠܡܚܝܘ‏ ; P Lk7:50↗ ܗܲܝܡܵܢܘ݂ܬ݂ܸܟ݂ܝ ܐܲܚܝܲܬ݂ܸܟ݂ܝ‏ : your faith has saved you ; ISSW 10:76b↗ ܨܸܒܥܵܟ ܡܲܚܝܲܬ ܟܽܠ‏ : Your finger that sustains all
(1)
imv. + 1st. pers. pron.suffix (ܐܚܢ܃ ܐܚܢܝ : save us/me!
Syr
OS MtSin8:25↗ ܡܪܢ ܐܚܢ ܡܛܠ ܕܗܐ ܐܒܕܝܢ ܐܢܚܢܢ‏
Ctˀettafˁalto be made alive1 sense▶
1
to be made alive
Syr
1PetrH 3:18 text not cited
(1)
to stay alive, be kept alive
Sam
SamTgJ Gen12:13↗ ותתוחי נפשי בגלליך‏ : and my life be preserved on your account ; SamTgJ Gen27:40↗ ועל חרבך תתוחי‏ ; Marqe 3.04↗ מן אוצרה רבה דממלי חיי עולם נזדאן כיי נתחוי בעלמה‏ : let us be supplied from the great treasury that is full of eternal life so that we might endure alive in the world
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CPA and Sam. regularly have the C (and CT) stem as ˀwḥy, i.e., as if from yḥy "to hurry".
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 446[228]DJPA: 198aDJBA: 453bJastrow: 454Drower/Macuch: 140bPayne-Smith: 1251J. Payne-Smith: 139Levy Ch-W: 1:253Tal Sam: 266DNWSI: 354DCPA[Schulthess]: 127[62]Qumran: 82

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