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חי

חי

Hebrew

Root
ח־י־ה

Adjective

חַי • ‎(kháy) ‎(feminine חַיָּה, masculine plural חַיִּים, feminine plural חַיּוֹת)

alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively: - + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life, lifetime, maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
living, live
lively

Verb

חַי • ‎(kháy) ‎(pa'al construction)

to live

Conjugation

Conjugation of חָיָה, חַי (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		masculine singular	feminine singular	masculine plural	feminine plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לִחְיוֹת
past	first person	חָיִיתִי		חָיִינוּ
	second person	חָיִיתָ	חָיִית	חֲיִיתֶם	חֲיִיתֶן¹
	third person	חָיָה, חַי	חייתה \ חָיְתָה	חָיוּ
present	all persons	חַי	חַיָּה	חַיִּים	חַיּוֹת
future	first person	אֶחְיֶה		נִחְיֶה
	second person	תִּחְיֶה	תִּחְיִי	תּחְיוּ	תִּחְיֶינָה²
	third person	יִחְיֶה	תִּחְיֶה	יִחְיוּ	תִּחְיֶינָה²
imperative	second person	חֲיֵה	חֲיִי	חֲיוּ	חֲיֶינָה²
notes		Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing. Uncommon in modern Hebrew.

Related terms

גר ‎(gar), while חי can describe living in both senses, existence and residency, גר defines only the latter.

References

“H2416”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979