Original Language Studio
Genesis 11:24
“And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
חָיָהchâyâh · khaw-yaw'
H2421 · Hebrew
H2421 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
- Derivation
- a primitive root (compare H2331 (חָוָה), H2421 (חָיָה));
- KJV renderings
- keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְחִ֣י — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 265 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:3Genesis 5:6Genesis 5:7Genesis 5:9Genesis 5:10
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָיָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.