חָיַיchâyay

Qal: construct (Ecclesiastes 6:6; Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:2)

1. live

a. have life (Genesis 31:32; Exodus 33:20; Numbers 4:19)

b. continue in life, remain alive (Genesis 20:7; Leviticus 25:36; 2 Samuel 12:22)

c. sustain life, live on (Genesis 27:40; Deuteronomy 8:3; Isaiah 38:16)

d. may the king live (1 Samuel 10:24; 2 Samuel 16:16; 1 Kings 1:25)

2. be quickened, revive

a. from sickness (Numbers 21:8; Numbers 21:9; Joshua 5:8)

b. from discouragement (Genesis 45:27)

c. from faintness (Judges 15:19)

d. from death (2 Kings 13:21; Job 14:14; Isaiah 26:14)

Pi`el

1. preserve alive, let live (Exodus 1:17; Exodus 1:18; Exodus 1:22)

2. give life (Job 33:4)

3. quicken, revive, refresh

a. restore to life (1 Samuel 2:6; Deuteronomy 32:39; Hosea 6:2)

b. cause to grow (Hosea 14:8)

c. restore (1 Chronicles 11:8; Nehemiah 3:34)

d. revive (Psalms 80:19; Psalms 85:7; Psalms 119:25)

Hiph`il: construct (Joshua 6:25; Genesis 47:25; Numbers 22:33)

1. preserve alive, let live (Genesis 45:7; Genesis 50:20; Genesis 47:25)

2. quicken, revive

a. restore (2 Kings 5:7; Isaiah 38:16)

b. revive (Isaiah 57:15)

c. restore to life (2 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 8:5)