--- title: חַי — living · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: חַי (lemma:חַי), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 5 times: living. BDB 1906: adj. living. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d9.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/) / [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1495.md)‎ / חַי‎ # חַי «חַי» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **living** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 5 times · **Key:** lemma:חַי · **BDB:** חַי ### Glosses (the) (2); the.living (2); living (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) living [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d9/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) adj. living [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d9/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** adj. living (BH id.);— of God: cstr. חַי Dn 4:31, emph. חַיָּא 6:21, 27; men, pl. emph. חַיַּיָּא the living 2:30; 4:14 (חַי עָֽלְמָא). pl. as n. abstr. life (BH חַיִּים): חַיִּין 7:12; cstr. חַיֵּי Ezr 6:10. ### Jastrow 1903 חַי: living, alive; living creature; healthy in natural condition, raw unmixed Fem. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d9/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** living, alive; living creature; healthy. Ber. 27ᵇ אלמלא אני חי והוא מת יכול החי וכ׳ if I were alive and he dead, the living one might give the lie to the dead. Ib. V, 5 זה חי this one is destined to live (recover). Sabb. 94ᵃ, a. e. החי נושא את עצמו a living being carries itself (the carrying of a living being on the Sabbath is not unlawful). Ib. X, 5 את החי במטה (he who carries) a living person on a couch; a. v. fr.—אבר מן החי, v. אֵבֶר.—Pl. חַיִּים, חַיִּין. Ab. IV, 22 והח׳ לידון and the living are destined to be judged. Sabb. 94ᵃ בין ח׳ ובין שחוטין whether alive or slaughtered; a. fr.—Ab. Zar. 5ᵇ (ref. to החי, Gen. VI, 19) שחיין ראשי וכ׳ the ends of whose limbs live (exist). in natural condition, raw (opp. בשול); unmixed (opp. מָזוּג). Snh. 70ᵃ בשר חי raw meat, יין חי unmixed wine. Ab. Zar. 38ᵃ, a. fr. הנאכל כמות שהוא חי what is eatable in its natural state; a. fr.—Fem. חַיָּה. Ḥull. 42ᵃ (ref. to Lev. XI, 2) ח׳ אכול וכ׳ what is in a healthy condition (viable), you may eat, v. טְרֵפָה. \[V. חַיָּה.\] Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «חַי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d9/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 2:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.30/) וַאֲנָ֗ה לָ֤א בְחָכְמָה֙ דִּֽי־אִיתַ֥י בִּי֙ מִן־כָּל־חַיַּיָּ֔א רָזָ֥א דְנָ֖ה גֱּלִ֣י לִ֑י לָהֵ֗ן עַל־דִּבְרַת֙ דִּ֤י פִשְׁרָא֙ לְמַלְכָּ֣א יְהוֹדְע֔וּן וְרַעְיוֹנֵ֥י לִבְבָ֖ךְ תִּנְדַּֽע׃ *Word for word:* and I not by wisdom which there \[is\].in me more.than all the.living \[people\] the secret this it.has.been.revealed to me but on \[the\].cause (of).that the interpretation to the king they.will.make.known and the.thoughts of your.heart you.will.know *JPS 1917:* But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that thou mayest know the thoughts of thy heart. [Daniel 4:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.14/) בִּגְזֵרַ֤ת עִירִין֙ פִּתְגָמָ֔א וּמֵאמַ֥ר קַדִּישִׁ֖ין שְׁאֵֽלְתָ֑א עַד־דִּבְרַ֡ת דִּ֣י יִנְדְּע֣וּן חַ֠יַּיָּא דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֨יט עִלָּאָ֜ה בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֗אוּלְמַן־דִּ֤י יִצְבֵּא֙ יִתְּנִנַּ֔הּ וּשְׁפַ֥ל אֲנָשִׁ֖ים יְקִ֥ים עֲלַֽהּ׃ *Word for word:* \[is\].by.\[the\] decree of.watchers the command and \[is.by.the\].word of.holy.\[ones\] the affair to \[the\].cause (of).that they.will.know the.living \[people\] (diy).that \[is\].having.mastery the.Most High over the.kingdom of.(the) humankind and to whomever whom he.will.be.pleased he will.give.it and a.lowly.\[one\] of.humankind he.will.set.up over it *JPS 1917:* The matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the sentence by the word of the holy ones; to the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever He will, and setteth up over it the lowest of men. - ← previous: [חַטָּאָה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d8_5b8_5bc_5d0_5b8_5d4.md) - next →: [חיה](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5d9_5d4.md) - ↑ back to [ח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1495.md)