חָיֶה

«חָיֶה» in the Tanakh dictionary: having the vigour of life — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 2422 · BDB: חָיֶה

Glosses

[are].vigorous (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

having the vigour of life tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. having the vigour of life, lively tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. having the vigour of life, lively (on format. v. LagBN 49)—fpl. חָיוֹת Ex 1:19 (E), of Hebrew women in childbirth, bearing quickly, easily.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חָיֶה» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Exodus 1:19

וַתֹּאמַ֤רְןָ הַֽמְיַלְּדֹת֙ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה כִּ֣י לֹ֧א כַנָּשִׁ֛ים הַמִּצְרִיֹּ֖ת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּ֑ת כִּֽי־חָי֣וֹת הֵ֔נָּה בְּטֶ֨רֶם תָּב֧וֹא אֲלֵהֶ֛ן הַמְיַלֶּ֖דֶת וְיָלָֽדוּ׃

Word for word: and they.said the midwives to Pharaoh (dm) not [are].like the women (the) Egyptian the.Hebrew [women] (dm) [are].vigorous they before she.comes to them the midwife and they.give.birth

JPS 1917: And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.'

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