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title: מִחְיָה — preservation of life · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִחְיָה (4241), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: preservation of life. BDB 1906: n.f. preservation of life, sustenance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִחְיָה

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«מִחְיָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **preservation of life** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4241 · **BDB:** מִחְיָה

### Glosses

preservation.of.life (2); reviving (2); sustenance (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

preservation of life [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4241/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. preservation of life, sustenance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4241/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. preservation of life, sustenance, מ׳ Gn 45:5 + 4 times; cstr. מִחְיַת Lv 13:10, 24; sf. מִחְיָתֶ֑ךָ Ju 17:10;— preservation of life Gn 45:5 (E), 2 Ch 14:12. sustenance Ju 6:4; 17:10. reviving, Ezr 9:8, 9. the quick (בָּשָׂר) מִחְיַת the quick (or raw spot) of the flesh Lv 13:10, 24 (P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִחְיָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4241/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.24/)

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א֣וֹ בָשָׂ֔ר כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה בְעֹר֖וֹ מִכְוַת־אֵ֑שׁ וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה מִֽחְיַ֣ת הַמִּכְוָ֗ה בַּהֶ֛רֶת לְבָנָ֥ה אֲדַמְדֶּ֖מֶת א֥וֹ לְבָנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* or flesh (dm) it.will.be on skin its a.burn of.fire and it.will.be the.raw.spot of the.burn a.bright.spot white reddish or white

*JPS 1917:* Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white;

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[Leviticus 13:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.10/)

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וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֤ה שְׂאֵת־לְבָנָה֙ בָּע֔וֹר וְהִ֕יא הָפְכָ֖ה שֵׂעָ֣ר לָבָ֑ן וּמִֽחְיַ֛ת בָּשָׂ֥ר חַ֖י בַּשְׂאֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.see the priest and there! a.swelling white \[is\].in the skin and it it.has.turned \[the\].hair white and a.raw.spot of.flesh living \[is\].in the swelling

*JPS 1917:* And the priest shall look, and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising,

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