חַיִּין

Biblical Aramaic

life(s) — used 2 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

Jastrow 1903

חַיִּין

The whole Jastrow entry

Targ. Y. II, Gen. XLV, 28. Targ. Gen. II, 7. Ib. 9 (Y. ed. Amst. חַיָּיא); a. fr.—Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ top חייא דאהן וכ׳ Oh, what a (blessed) life that man has led that &c.; Y. Peah I, 15ᵈ חיוי (corr. acc.; Gen. R. s. 59 חמון וכ׳). B. Bath. 58ᵇ בראש כל חיין אנא חמר at the head of all life-giving things, am I, the wine. Sabb. 67ᵇ (drinking toast) חמרא וח׳ וכ׳ wine and health to our teachers!; a. fr.

Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: none; Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: life(s) (1); the life(s) (1).

In the verses

Ezra 6:10 · tree →

דִּֽי־לֶהֱוֺ֧ן מְהַקְרְבִ֛ין נִיחוֹחִ֖ין לֶאֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֑א וּמְצַלַּ֕יִן לְחַיֵּ֥י מַלְכָּ֖א וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃

Word for word: that they.will.be offering soothing.offerings to the.God of the.heavens and praying for the.life(s) of the.king and sons his

JPS 1917: that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

Daniel 7:12 · tree →

וּשְׁאָר֙ חֵֽיוָתָ֔א הֶעְדִּ֖יו שָׁלְטָנְה֑וֹן וְאַרְכָ֧ה בְחַיִּ֛ין יְהִ֥יבַת לְה֖וֹן עַד־זְמַ֥ן וְעִדָּֽן׃

Word for word: and the.rest of the.beasts they.removed dominion their and a.prolonging in life(s) it.was.given to them until a.time and a.time

JPS 1917: And as for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged for a season and a time.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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