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title: חַיִּין — life(s) · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חַיִּין (lemma:חַיִּין), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 2 times: life(s). With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חַיִּין

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«חַיִּין» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **life(s)** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:חַיִּין

### Glosses

life(s) (1); the.life(s) (1)

### Jastrow 1903

חַיִּין

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חַיִּין» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b7_5d9_5b4_5bc_5d9_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.6.10/)

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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.

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[Daniel 7:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.12/)

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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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