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חָיֶה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2422

having the vigour of life — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

having the vigour of life tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָיֶה: adj. having the vigour of life, lively tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. having the vigour of life, lively (on format. v. LagBN 49)—fpl. חָיוֹת Ex 1:19 (E), of Hebrew women in childbirth, bearing quickly, easily.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [are] vigorous (1).

In the verses

Exodus 1:19 · tree →

וַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה כִּ֣י לֹ֧א כַנָּשִׁ֛ים הַמִּצְרִיֹּ֖ת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת כִּֽי־חָי֣וֹת הֵ֔נָּה בְּטֶ֨רֶם תָּב֧וֹא אֲלֵהֶ֛ן הַמְיַלֶּ֖דֶת וְיָלָֽדוּ׃

Word for word: and they.said the midwives to Pharaoh (dm) not [are].like the women (the) Egyptian the.Hebrew [women] (dm) [are].vigorous they before she.comes to them the midwife and they.give.birth

JPS 1917: And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.'

On Mova

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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