חיים
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Cognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħajˈjiːm/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħajˈjiːm/ [ħaɟˈɟiːm]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħajˈjim/ [ħæjˈjiːm]
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈjim/ (West), /ħajˈjim/ (East)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈjim/, [ˈχa.jim], [ˈχa.jɪm]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈ(j)im/, /ħaˈ(j)im/
- Rhymes: -im
Noun
[edit]חַיִּים • (khayím) m pl (plural construct חַיֵּי־)
- life (period during which one is alive)
- Tanach, Genesis 23:1, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי שָׂרָה׃
- vayihyú khayé sará me'á shaná v'esrím shaná v'shéva' shaním sh'né khayé sará.
wayyihyū ḥayyē śārā mēʾā šānā wəʿeśrīm šānā wəšéḇaʿ šānīm šənē ḥayyē śārā. - And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
- vayihyú khayé sará me'á shaná v'esrím shaná v'shéva' shaním sh'né khayé sará.
- life (state of being alive)
- life (the process of life, all biological life)
Declension
[edit]isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
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Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
m | f | m | f | ||||
plural | indefinite | חַיִּים | first | חַיַּי | חַיֵּינוּ | ||
definite | הַחַיִּים | second | חַיֶּיךָ | חַיַּיִךְ | חַיֵּיכֶם | חַיֵּיכֶן | |
construct | חַיֵּי־ | third | חַיָּיו | חַיֶּיהָ | חַיֵּיהֶם | חַיֵּיהֶן |
Derived terms
[edit]- אורח חיים (órakh khayím, “lifestyle”)
- אלה החיים (éle hakhayím, “c'est la vie”)
- בְּחַיֶּיךָ (bekhayékha)
- בעל חיים (bá'al khayím, “animal”)
- החיים הטובים (hakhayím hatovím, “the good life”)
- חיי נצח (khayé nétzaḥ, “eternal life”)
- חיי שעה (khayé sha'á, “living the now”)
- חיים פרטיים (khayím pratiyím)
- לחיים (lekháyim, “cheers”)
- מפעל חיים (mif'ál khayím, “life's work”)
- סיפור חיים (sipúr khayím, “life story”)
- ספר החיים (séfer hakhayím, “book of life”)
- על החיים ועל המוות (al hakhayím ve'ál hamávet)
- עשה חיים (asá khayím, “had a ball”)
- רָמַת חַיִּים (ramát khayím)
- תוחלת חיים (tokhélet khayím, “life expectancy”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħajˈjiːm/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħajˈjiːm/ [ħaɟˈɟiːm]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħajˈjim/ [ħæjˈjiːm]
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈjim/ (West), /ħajˈjim/ (East)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈjim/, [ˈχa.jim], [ˈχa.jɪm]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈ(j)im/, /ˈχa.(j)im/, /ħaˈ(j)im/, /ˈħa.(j)im/
- Rhymes: -im
Proper noun
[edit]חַיִּים • (kháyim) m
- a male given name, Haim or Chaim
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħajˈjiːm/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħajˈjiːm/ [ħaɟˈɟiːm]
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ħajˈjim/ [ħæjˈjiːm]
- (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈjim/ (West), /ħajˈjim/ (East)
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈjim/, [ˈχa.jim], [ˈχa.jɪm]
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /χaˈ(j)im/, /ħaˈ(j)im/
- Rhymes: -im
Adjective
[edit]חַיִּים • (khayím)
- masculine plural indefinite form of חַי (kháy)
Verb
[edit]חַיִּים • (khayím)
Yiddish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hebrew חַיִּים (khayím, “life”).
Noun
[edit]חיים • (khayem) m
Related terms
[edit]- לחיים (lekhayem)
Proper noun
[edit]חיים • (khayem) m
- a male given name, Chaim
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