וָ/חָֽי
𐤅/𐤇𐤉
châyay
and live
To live, remain alive, experience or possess life; in the causative sense (rare), to preserve or restore life, to revive or bring life. Encompasses physical life, restoration from illness, survival through adversity, and sometimes indicates a manner of sustained or prosperous living. Can express to recover or return to vitality after a period of weakness.
hari "exists, is present, alive" (Kirundi) · hari "exists, is present, alive" (Kinyarwanda) · hari "alive, life; existence" (Kikuyu) +1 moreDeuteronomy 4:42 · Word #22
Lexicon H2425
| Lemma | חָיַי |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤉𐤉 |
| Transliteration | châyay |
| Strong's | H2425 |
| Definition | To live, remain alive, experience or possess life; in the causative sense (rare), to preserve or restore life, to revive or bring life. Encompasses physical life, restoration from illness, survival through adversity, and sometimes indicates a manner of sustained or prosperous living. Can express to recover or return to vitality after a period of weakness. |
Morphology HC/Vqq3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | q — Sequential Perfect — Perfect with waw-consecutive, continuing a narrative |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | and live |
SIBI-P1 Translation H2425-02
and he lived
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem, sequential perfect (vav-consecutive), 3rd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal stem expresses the simple active sense "to live" or "be alive." As a sequential perfect 3rd masculine singular with prefixed vav, it denotes a completed action in sequence: "and he lived." |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
and live
| Same as P1 | No — adjusted for context |
| Rationale | P1 'and he lived' does not represent the potential/outcome aspect of the context; 'and live' is the idiomatic legal rendering (he may live). |
Bantu Hebrew
וָ/חָֽי (châyay) — To live, remain alive, experience or possess life; in the causative sense (rare), to preserve or restore life, to revive or bring life. Encompasses physical life, restoration from illness, survival through adversity, and sometimes indicates a manner of sustained or prosperous living. Can express to recover or return to vitality after a period of weakness.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| hari | exists, is present, alive | Kirundi |
| hari | exists, is present, alive | Kinyarwanda |
| hari | alive, life; existence | Kikuyu |
| hai | alive, living, life | Swahili |