"חיים" meaning in Hebrew

See חיים in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /χaˈ(j)im/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /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 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
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Proper name

IPA: /ˈχa.(j)im/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew] (note: due to influence from Yiddish), /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 templates: {{wp|Haim}} 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, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 5 32 1 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 29 4 27 1 4 28 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 27 2 31 1 3 27 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /χaˈ(j)im/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /xaˈjim/ [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jim] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], [ˈxa.jɪm] [Ashkenazi-Hebrew], /ħaˈjim/ (note: Sephardi Hebrew), /ħæˈjim/ [Yemenite-Hebrew]
Rhymes: -im Etymology: Cognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh). Etymology templates: {{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): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant target parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew pluralia tantum, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 21 76 3 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant target parameters: 17 81 3 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 16 81 3 Disambiguation of Hebrew pluralia tantum: 18 71 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 29 4 27 1 4 28 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 27 2 31 1 3 27 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
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: אורח חיים (órakh khayím) (english: lifestyle), אלה החיים (éle hakhayím) (english: c'est la vie), בְּחַיֶּיךָ (bekhayékha), בעל חיים (bá'al khayím) (english: animal), החיים הטובים (hakhayím hatovím) (english: the good life), חיי נצח (khayé nétzaḥ) (english: eternal life), חיי שעה (khayé sha'á) (english: living the now), חיים פרטיים (khayím pratiyím), לחיים (lekháyim) (english: cheers), מפעל חיים (mif'ál khayím) (english: life's work), סיפור חיים (sipúr khayím) (english: life story), ספר החיים (séfer hakhayím) (english: book of life), על החיים ועל המוות (al hakhayím ve'ál hamávet), עשה חיים (asá khayím) (english: had a ball), רָמַת חַיִּים (ramát khayím), תוחלת חיים (tokhélet khayím) (english: life expectancy)

Verb

IPA: /χaˈ(j)im/ [Modern-Israeli-Hebrew], /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 Head templates: {{head|he|verb form|head=חַיִּים|tr=khayím}} חַיִּים • (khayím)
  1. Masculine plural present participle and present tense of חי (khay) Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, plural, present Form of: חי (extra: khay)
    Sense id: en-חיים-he-verb-xMuJyLJU Categories (other): Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lifestyle",
      "roman": "órakh khayím",
      "word": "אורח חיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "c'est la vie",
      "roman": "éle hakhayím",
      "word": "אלה החיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "bekhayékha",
      "word": "בְּחַיֶּיךָ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "animal",
      "roman": "bá'al khayím",
      "word": "בעל חיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "the good life",
      "roman": "hakhayím hatovím",
      "word": "החיים הטובים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "eternal life",
      "roman": "khayé nétzaḥ",
      "word": "חיי נצח"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "living the now",
      "roman": "khayé sha'á",
      "word": "חיי שעה"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "khayím pratiyím",
      "word": "חיים פרטיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "cheers",
      "roman": "lekháyim",
      "word": "לחיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "life's work",
      "roman": "mif'ál khayím",
      "word": "מפעל חיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "life story",
      "roman": "sipúr khayím",
      "word": "סיפור חיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "book of life",
      "roman": "séfer hakhayím",
      "word": "ספר החיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "al hakhayím ve'ál hamávet",
      "word": "על החיים ועל המוות"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "had a ball",
      "roman": "asá khayím",
      "word": "עשה חיים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ramát khayím",
      "word": "רָמַת חַיִּים"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "life expectancy",
      "roman": "tokhélet khayím",
      "word": "תוחלת חיים"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "حَيَاة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Arabic حَيَاة (ḥayāh).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "חַיִּים",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khayím",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֵּי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "he-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיִּים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיַּי",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֵּינוּ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "הַחַיִּים",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֶּיךָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיַּיִךְ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֵּיכֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֵּיכֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֵּי־",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיָּיו",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֶּיהָ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "possessed-form",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֵּיהֶם",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "חַיֵּיהֶן",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "possessed-form",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m-p",
        "plcons": "חַיֵּי",
        "tr": "khayím",
        "wv": "חַיִּים"
      },
      "expansion": "חַיִּים • (khayím) m pl (plural construct חַיֵּי־)",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "p",
        "2": "חַיִּים"
      },
      "name": "he-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "מוות//מָוֶת"
        }
      ],
      "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 khayé sará me'á shaná v'esrím shaná v'shéva' shaním sh'né khayé 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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life (period during which one is alive)"
      ],
      "id": "en-חיים-he-noun-f5U70Zs-",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 76 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 81 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 81 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 71 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 29 4 27 1 4 28 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 27 2 31 1 3 27 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "life (state of being alive)"
      ],
      "id": "en-חיים-he-noun-ksCnFFt7",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "life (the process of life, all biological life)"
      ],
      "id": "en-חיים-he-noun-g07iUc-c",
      "links": [
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/χaˈ(j)im/",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Haim"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "wp"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "חַיִּים",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kháyim",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "tr": "kháyim",
        "wv": "חַיִּים"
      },
      "expansion": "חַיִּים • (kháyim) m",
      "name": "he-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Hebrew given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Hebrew male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Male given names",
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 43 5 32 1 7",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis": "6 29 4 27 1 4 28 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 27 2 31 1 3 27 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, Haim or Chaim"
      ],
      "id": "en-חיים-he-name-gpHwEKCS",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Haim",
          "Haim#English"
        ],
        [
          "Chaim",
          "Chaim#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχa.(j)im/",
      "note": "due to influence from Yiddish",
      "tags": [
        "Modern-Israeli-Hebrew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "חַיִּים",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "khayím",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "adjective forms",
        "head": "חַיִּים",
        "tr": "khayím"
      },
      "expansion": "חַיִּים • (khayím)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "kháy",
          "word": "חַי"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "masculine plural indefinite form of חַי (kháy)"
      ],
      "id": "en-חיים-he-adj-Q8J21f5l",
      "links": [
        [
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      "english": "lifestyle",
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      "word": "אורח חיים"
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      "english": "c'est la vie",
      "roman": "éle hakhayím",
      "word": "אלה החיים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bekhayékha",
      "word": "בְּחַיֶּיךָ"
    },
    {
      "english": "animal",
      "roman": "bá'al khayím",
      "word": "בעל חיים"
    },
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      "english": "the good life",
      "roman": "hakhayím hatovím",
      "word": "החיים הטובים"
    },
    {
      "english": "eternal life",
      "roman": "khayé nétzaḥ",
      "word": "חיי נצח"
    },
    {
      "english": "living the now",
      "roman": "khayé sha'á",
      "word": "חיי שעה"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khayím pratiyím",
      "word": "חיים פרטיים"
    },
    {
      "english": "cheers",
      "roman": "lekháyim",
      "word": "לחיים"
    },
    {
      "english": "life's work",
      "roman": "mif'ál khayím",
      "word": "מפעל חיים"
    },
    {
      "english": "life story",
      "roman": "sipúr khayím",
      "word": "סיפור חיים"
    },
    {
      "english": "book of life",
      "roman": "séfer hakhayím",
      "word": "ספר החיים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "al hakhayím ve'ál hamávet",
      "word": "על החיים ועל המוות"
    },
    {
      "english": "had a ball",
      "roman": "asá khayím",
      "word": "עשה חיים"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ramát khayím",
      "word": "רָמַת חַיִּים"
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    {
      "english": "life expectancy",
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      "word": "תוחלת חיים"
    }
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      "form": "חַיָּיו",
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      "form": "חַיֵּיהֶם",
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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 khayé sará me'á shaná v'esrím shaná v'shéva' shaním sh'né khayé sará.\nwayyihyū ḥayyē śārā mēʾā šānā wəʿeśrīm šānā wəšéḇaʿ šānīm šənē ḥayyē śārā.",
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      "ipa": "/xaˈjim/",
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