"חיים" meaning in Hebrew

See חיים in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /χaˈ(j)im/, /ˈχa.(j)im/, /xaˈjim/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jim] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jɪm] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ħaˈjim/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ħæˈjim/ [Yemenite-Hebrew] Forms: חַיִּים [canonical], khayím [romanization]
Rhymes: -im Etymology: Root ח־י־ה (kh-y-h) Cognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh). Etymology templates: {{HE root|חיה}} Root ח־י־ה (kh-y-h), {{cog|ar|حَيَاة}} Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh) Head templates: {{head|he|adjective forms|head=חַיִּים|tr=khayím}} חַיִּים • (khayím)
  1. masculine plural indefinite form of חַי (kháy) Tags: form-of, indefinite, masculine, plural Form of: חַי (extra: kháy)
    Sense id: en-חיים-he-adj-Q8J21f5l Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters

Proper name

IPA: /χaˈ(j)im/, /ˈχa.(j)im/, /xaˈjim/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jim] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jɪm] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ħaˈjim/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ħæˈjim/ [Yemenite-Hebrew] Forms: חַיִּים [canonical], kháyim [romanization]
Rhymes: -im Etymology: Root ח־י־ה (kh-y-h) Cognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh). Etymology templates: {{HE root|חיה}} Root ח־י־ה (kh-y-h), {{cog|ar|حَيَاة}} Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh) Head templates: {{he-proper noun|g=m|tr=kháyim|wv=חַיִּים}} חַיִּים • (kháyim) m
  1. a male given name, Haim or Chaim Categories (topical): Hebrew given names, Hebrew male given names
    Sense id: en-חיים-he-name-gpHwEKCS Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew pluralia tantum, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־י־ה, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 5 32 0 8 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 20 34 5 17 0 24 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 11 47 7 24 1 11 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 11 46 6 25 1 11 Disambiguation of Hebrew pluralia tantum: 15 40 6 24 3 11 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־י־ה: 21 58 6 6 1 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 30 4 23 3 4 28 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 27 2 29 2 3 28 2

Noun

IPA: /χaˈ(j)im/, /ˈχa.(j)im/, /xaˈjim/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jim] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jɪm] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ħaˈjim/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ħæˈjim/ [Yemenite-Hebrew]
Rhymes: -im Etymology: Root ח־י־ה (kh-y-h) Cognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh). Etymology templates: {{HE root|חיה}} Root ח־י־ה (kh-y-h), {{cog|ar|حَيَاة}} Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh) Head templates: {{he-noun|g=m-p|plcons=חַיֵּי|tr=khayím|wv=חַיִּים}} חַיִּים • (khayím) m pl (plural construct חַיֵּי־) Inflection templates: {{he-decl|p|חַיִּים}} Forms: חַיִּים [canonical], khayím [romanization], חַיֵּי־ [construct, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], חַיִּים [indefinite, plural], חַיַּי [feminine, first-person, masculine, possessed-form, singular], חַיֵּינוּ [feminine, first-person, masculine, plural, possessed-form], הַחַיִּים [definite, plural], חַיֶּיךָ [masculine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חַיַּיִךְ [feminine, possessed-form, second-person, singular], חַיֵּיכֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חַיֵּיכֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, second-person], חַיֵּי־ [construct, plural], חַיָּיו [masculine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חַיֶּיהָ [feminine, possessed-form, singular, third-person], חַיֵּיהֶם [masculine, plural, possessed-form, third-person], חַיֵּיהֶן [feminine, plural, possessed-form, third-person]
  1. life (period during which one is alive) Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-חיים-he-noun-f5U70Zs-
  2. life (state of being alive) Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-חיים-he-noun-ksCnFFt7 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 30 4 23 3 4 28 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 27 2 29 2 3 28 2
  3. life (the process of life, all biological life) Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-חיים-he-noun-g07iUc-c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: אורח חיים (óraḥ ḥayím) (english: lifestyle), אלה החיים (éle haḥayím) (english: c'est la vie), בְּחַיֶּיךָ (bekhayékha), בעל חיים (bá'al ḥayím) (english: animal), החיים הטובים (haḥayím hatovím) (english: the good life), חיי נצח (ḥayéi nétzaḥ) (english: eternal life), חיי שעה (ḥayéi sha'á) (english: living the now), חיים פרטיים (khayím pratiyím) [masculine], לחיים (leḥáyim) (english: Cheers), מפעל חיים (mif'ál ḥayím) (english: life's work), סיפור חיים (sippúr ḥayím) (english: life story), ספר החיים (séfer haḥayím) (english: book of life), על החיים ועל המוות ('al haḥayím ve'ál hamávet) (english: Here goes), עשה חיים ('asá ḥayím) (english: had a ball), רָמַת חַיִּים (ramát-khayím), תוחלת חיים (toḥélet ḥayím) (english: life expectancy)

Verb

IPA: /χaˈ(j)im/, /ˈχa.(j)im/, /xaˈjim/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jim] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jɪm] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ħaˈjim/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ħæˈjim/ [Yemenite-Hebrew] Forms: חַיִּים [canonical], khayím [romanization]
Rhymes: -im Etymology: Root ח־י־ה (kh-y-h) Cognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh). Etymology templates: {{HE root|חיה}} Root ח־י־ה (kh-y-h), {{cog|ar|حَيَاة}} Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh) Head templates: {{head|he|verb form|head=חַיִּים|tr=khayím}} חַיִּים • (khayím)
  1. living, are living, live: masculine plural present participle and present tense of חי (khay)
    Sense id: en-חיים-he-verb-65QVF3f2 Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mávet",
      "word": "מוות"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mávet",
      "word": "מָוֶת"
    }
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    },
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      "roman": "haḥayím hatovím",
      "word": "החיים הטובים"
    },
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      "english": "eternal life",
      "roman": "ḥayéi nétzaḥ",
      "word": "חיי נצח"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "living the now",
      "roman": "ḥayéi sha'á",
      "word": "חיי שעה"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "khayím pratiyím",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "חיים פרטיים"
    },
    {
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      "english": "Cheers",
      "roman": "leḥáyim",
      "word": "לחיים"
    },
    {
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      "english": "life's work",
      "roman": "mif'ál ḥayím",
      "word": "מפעל חיים"
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      "english": "had a ball",
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      "word": "עשה חיים"
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    },
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      "form": "חַיִּים",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "חַיַּי",
      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "חַיֶּיךָ",
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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        "second-person"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "חַיֵּי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיָּיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֶּיהָ",
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        "third-person"
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      "expansion": "חַיִּים • (khayím) m pl (plural construct חַיֵּי־)",
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  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0123#כג_א|23:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "vayihyú khayéi sará me'á shaná v'esrím shaná v'shéva' shaním sh'néi khayéi sará.\nwayyihyū ḥayyē śārā mēʾā šānā wəʿeśrīm šānā wəšéḇaʿ šānīm šənē ḥayyē śārā.",
          "text": "וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי שָׂרָה׃",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "life (period during which one is alive)"
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          "life"
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        {
          "_dis": "5 30 4 23 3 4 28 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 27 2 29 2 3 28 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life (state of being alive)"
      ],
      "id": "en-חיים-he-noun-ksCnFFt7",
      "links": [
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          "life"
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      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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      ],
      "id": "en-חיים-he-noun-g07iUc-c",
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        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/χaˈ(j)im/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχa.(j)im/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈjim/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxa.jim]",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxa.jɪm]",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ħaˈjim/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ħæˈjim/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-im"
    }
  ],
  "word": "חיים"
}

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      "roman": "mávet",
      "word": "מוות"
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      "word": "מָוֶת"
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      "word": "אורח חיים"
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      "english": "c'est la vie",
      "roman": "éle haḥayím",
      "word": "אלה החיים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bekhayékha",
      "word": "בְּחַיֶּיךָ"
    },
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      "english": "animal",
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      "word": "בעל חיים"
    },
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      "english": "the good life",
      "roman": "haḥayím hatovím",
      "word": "החיים הטובים"
    },
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      "english": "eternal life",
      "roman": "ḥayéi nétzaḥ",
      "word": "חיי נצח"
    },
    {
      "english": "living the now",
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      "word": "חיי שעה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khayím pratiyím",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "חיים פרטיים"
    },
    {
      "english": "Cheers",
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      "word": "לחיים"
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      "english": "life's work",
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      "word": "מפעל חיים"
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      "word": "סיפור חיים"
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    {
      "english": "book of life",
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      "word": "ספר החיים"
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    {
      "english": "Here goes",
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      "word": "על החיים ועל המוות"
    },
    {
      "english": "had a ball",
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      "word": "עשה חיים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ramát-khayím",
      "word": "רָמַת חַיִּים"
    },
    {
      "english": "life expectancy",
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      "word": "תוחלת חיים"
    }
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          "english": "And the life of Sarah was a hundred and seven and twenty years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.",
          "ref": "Tanach, [[s:he:T0123#כג_א|23:1]], with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:",
          "roman": "vayihyú khayéi sará me'á shaná v'esrím shaná v'shéva' shaním sh'néi khayéi sará.\nwayyihyū ḥayyē śārā mēʾā šānā wəʿeśrīm šānā wəšéḇaʿ šānīm šənē ḥayyē śārā.",
          "text": "וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים שְׁנֵי חַיֵּי שָׂרָה׃",
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          "life"
        ]
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          "life"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/χaˈ(j)im/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈχa.(j)im/"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχa.(j)im/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈjim/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxa.jim]",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxa.jɪm]",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ħaˈjim/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ħæˈjim/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-im"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Haim"
  ],
  "word": "חיים"
}

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    "Hebrew adjective forms",
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew non-lemma forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing plural forms",
    "Hebrew noun entries missing singular construct forms",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew pluralia tantum",
    "Hebrew proper nouns",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ח־י־ה",
    "Hebrew verb forms",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Hebrew/im",
    "Rhymes:Hebrew/im/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "חיה"
      },
      "expansion": "Root\n ח־י־ה (kh-y-h)",
      "name": "HE root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "حَيَاة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Root\n ח־י־ה (kh-y-h)\nCognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "חַיִּים",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khayím",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "חַיִּים",
        "tr": "khayím"
      },
      "expansion": "חַיִּים • (khayím)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Hebrew verb forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "living, are living, live: masculine plural present participle and present tense of חי (khay)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "living",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "חי",
          "חי#Hebrew"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/χaˈ(j)im/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχa.(j)im/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xaˈjim/",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxa.jim]",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈxa.jɪm]",
      "tags": [
        "Ashkenazi-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ħaˈjim/",
      "note": "Sephardi Hebrew"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ħæˈjim/",
      "tags": [
        "Yemenite-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-im"
    }
  ],
  "word": "חיים"
}

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