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title: חיה — declare · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: חיה (lemma:חיה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 6 times: declare. BDB 1906: vb. Pa. Haph. declare. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חיה

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«חיה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **declare** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:חיה · **BDB:** חֲוָה

### Glosses

live! (5); letting.live (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

declare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d9_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Pa. Haph. declare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d9_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pa. Haph. (M§ 65 c) declare (𝔗 Syriac; BH III. \[חָוָה\] (late));— c. acc. פִּשְׁרָא (or equiv.): Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְחַוִּנַּ֫נִי (sf. pers. indir. obj.) Dn 5:7; יְחַוִּנַּהּ 2:11 (קֳדָם pers.); 1 s. אֲחַוֶּה 2:24 (ל pers.), 1 pl. נְחַוֶּה v 4. usually c. acc. פִּשְׁרָא (or equiv.): Impf. 3 ms. יְהַחֲוֶה Dn 5:12; 2 mpl. תְּהַחֲוֹן 2:6, sf. (of indir. obj.) תְּהַחֲוֻנַּ֫נִי v 9; 1 pl. נְהַחֲוֶה v 7; Imv. mpl. sf. (of indir. obj.) הַחֲוֹ֑נִי v 6; Inf. לְהַחֲוָיָה v 10 5:15; + ל pers. 2:16, 27; c. acc. of signs and wonders 3:32.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חיה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d9_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.22/)

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אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֶּ֔אל עִם־מַלְכָּ֖א מַלִּ֑ל מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel with the king he.spoke O king forever live!

*JPS 1917:* Then said Daniel unto the king: 'O king, live for ever!

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[Daniel 3:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.9/)

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עֲנוֹ֙ וְאָ֣מְרִ֔ין לִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּ֑א מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

*Word for word:* they.replied and.\[were\] saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king O king forever live!

*JPS 1917:* They spoke and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: 'O king, live for ever!

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