חָיָה

Genesis 3:22 וָחַ֥י and he will live

Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

Genesis 5:3 וַֽיְחִ֣י and he lived

When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

Genesis 5:5 חַ֔י he lived

So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

Genesis 5:6 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

When Seth was 105 years old, he became the father of Enosh.

Genesis 5:7 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

And after he had become the father of Enosh, Seth lived 807 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:9 וַֽיְחִ֥י and he lived

When Enosh was 90 years old, he became the father of Kenan.

Genesis 5:10 וַֽיְחִ֣י and he lived

And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:12 וַֽיְחִ֥י and he lived

When Kenan was 70 years old, he became the father of Mahalalel.

Genesis 5:13 וַיְחִ֣י and he lived

And after he had become the father of Mahalalel, Kenan lived 840 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:15 וַֽיְחִ֣י and he lived

When Mahalalel was 65 years old, he became the father of Jared.

Genesis 5:16 וַֽיְחִ֣י and he lived

And after he had become the father of Jared, Mahalalel lived 830 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:18 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

When Jared was 162 years old, he became the father of Enoch.

Genesis 5:19 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

And after he had become the father of Enoch, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:21 וַֽיְחִ֣י and he lived

When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

Genesis 5:25 וַיְחִ֣י and he lived

When Methuselah was 187 years old, he became the father of Lamech.

Genesis 5:26 וַֽיְחִ֣י and he lived

And after he had become the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 5:28 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

When Lamech was 182 years old, he had a son.

Genesis 5:30 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

And after he had become the father of Noah, Lamech lived 595 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 6:19 לְהַחֲיֹ֣ת to preserve alive

And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

Genesis 6:20 לְהַֽחֲיֽוֹת׃ to preserve alive

Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 7:3 לְחַיּ֥וֹת to preserve alive

and seven pairs of every kind of bird of the air, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of all the earth.

Genesis 9:28 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

After the flood, Noah lived 350 years.

Genesis 11:11 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:12 חַ֔י he lived

When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

Genesis 11:13 וַֽיְחִ֣י and he lived

And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:14 חַ֖י he lived

When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

Genesis 11:15 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:16 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

Genesis 11:17 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:18 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

Genesis 11:19 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:20 וַיְחִ֣י and he lived

When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

Genesis 11:21 וַיְחִ֣י and he lived

And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:22 וַיְחִ֥י and he lived

When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

Genesis 11:23 וַיְחִ֣י and he lived

And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:24 וַיְחִ֣י and he lived

When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

Genesis 11:25 וַיְחִ֣י and he lived

And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

Genesis 11:26 וַֽיְחִי־ and he lived

When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 12:12 יְחַיּֽוּ׃ they will let live

and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

Genesis 12:13 וְחָיְתָ֥ה and it will live

Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

Genesis 17:18 יִחְיֶ֥ה he will live

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

Genesis 19:19 לְהַחֲי֖וֹת by preserving alive

Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

Genesis 19:20 וּתְחִ֥י so it may live

Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

Genesis 19:32 וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה so we may preserve alive

Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

Genesis 19:34 וּנְחַיֶּ֥ה so we may preserve alive

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

Genesis 20:7 וֶֽחְיֵ֑ה and live

Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”

Genesis 25:7 חָ֑י he lived

Abraham lived a total of 175 years.

Genesis 27:40 תִֽחְיֶ֔ה you will live

You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

Genesis 31:32 יִֽחְיֶה֒ he will live

If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

Genesis 42:2 וְנִחְיֶ֖ה so we may live

“Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

Genesis 42:18 וִֽחְי֑וּ and live

and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:

Genesis 43:8 וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ and we may live

And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.

Genesis 45:7 וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹת and to preserve alive

God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

Genesis 45:27 וַתְּחִ֕י and it lived

However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived.

Genesis 47:19 וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ so we may live

Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”

Genesis 47:25 הֶחֱיִתָ֑נוּ you have preserved alive us

“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”

Genesis 47:28 וַיְחִ֤י and he lived

And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years, and the length of his life was 147 years.

Genesis 50:20 לְהַחֲיֹ֥ת to preserve alive

As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people.

Genesis 50:22 וַיְחִ֣י and he lived

Now Joseph and his father’s household remained in Egypt, and Joseph lived to the age of 110.

Exodus 1:16 וָחָֽיָה׃ and she will live

“When you help the Hebrew women give birth, observe them on the birthstools. If the child is a son, kill him; but if it is a daughter, let her live.”

Exodus 1:17 וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ and they let live

The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.

Exodus 1:18 וַתְּחַיֶּ֖יןָ and have you let live?

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

Exodus 1:22 תְּחַיּֽוּן׃ ס you will let live !

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

Exodus 19:13 יִחְיֶ֑ה it will live

No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

Exodus 22:18 תְחַיֶּֽה׃ ס you will let live

You must not allow a sorceress to live.

Exodus 33:20 וָחָֽי׃ and he will live

But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”

Leviticus 18:5 וָחַ֣י and he will live

Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

Leviticus 25:35 וָחַ֖י and he will live

Now if your countryman becomes destitute and cannot support himself among you, then you are to help him as you would a foreigner or stranger, so that he can continue to live among you.

Leviticus 25:36 וְחֵ֥י and he will live

Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

Numbers 4:19 וְחָיוּ֙ and they will live

In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

Numbers 14:38 חָיוּ֙ they lived

Of those men who had gone to spy out the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh remained alive.

Numbers 21:8 וָחָֽי׃ and he will live

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and mount it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live.”

Numbers 21:9 וָחָֽי׃ and he lived

So Moses made a bronze snake and mounted it on a pole. If anyone who was bitten looked at the bronze snake, he would live.

Numbers 22:33 הֶחֱיֵֽיתִי׃ I preserved alive

The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live.”

Numbers 24:23 יִחְיֶ֖ה will he live

Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?

Numbers 31:15 הַֽחִיִּיתֶ֖ם ¿ have you let live

“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.

Numbers 31:18 הַחֲי֖וּ preserve alive

but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.

Deuteronomy 4:1 תִּֽחְי֗וּ you may live

Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

Deuteronomy 4:33 וַיֶּֽחִי׃ and has it lived?

Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?

Deuteronomy 4:42 וָחָֽי׃ and he will live

to which a manslayer could flee after killing his neighbor unintentionally without prior malice. To save one’s own life, he could flee to one of these cities:

Deuteronomy 5:24 וָחָֽי׃ and he will live

and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.

Deuteronomy 5:26 וַיֶּֽחִי׃ and he has lived

For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

Deuteronomy 5:33 תִּֽחְיוּן֙ you may live !

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.

Deuteronomy 6:24 לְחַיֹּתֵ֖נוּ to preserve alive us

And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day.

Deuteronomy 8:1 תִּֽחְי֜וּן you may live !

You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

Deuteronomy 8:3 יִחְיֶ֣ה יִחְיֶ֥ה he lives

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 16:20 תִּֽחְיֶה֙ you may live

Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 19:4 וָחָ֑י and he will live

Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:

Deuteronomy 19:5 וָחָֽי׃ and he will live

If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

Deuteronomy 20:16 תְחַיֶּ֖ה you will let live

However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.

Deuteronomy 30:16 וְחָיִ֣יתָ and you will live

For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.

Deuteronomy 30:19 תִּחְיֶ֖ה you may live

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

Deuteronomy 32:39 וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה and I may restore to life

See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

Deuteronomy 33:6 יְחִ֥י let him live

Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

Joshua 2:13 וְהַחֲיִתֶ֞ם and you will let live

that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them, and that you will deliver us from death.”

Joshua 5:8 חֲיוֹתָֽם׃ פ lived they

And after all the nation had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they were healed.

Joshua 6:17 תִּֽחְיֶ֗ה she will live

Now the city and everything in it must be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all those with her in her house will live, because she hid the spies we sent.

Joshua 6:25 הֶחֱיָ֣ה he let live

And Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, with her father’s household and all who belonged to her, because she hid the men Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho. So she has lived among the Israelites to this day.

Joshua 9:15 לְחַיּוֹתָ֑ם to let live them

And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

Joshua 9:20 וְהַחֲיֵ֣ה and we will let live

This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”

Joshua 9:21 יִֽחְי֑וּ let them live

They continued, “Let them live, but let them be woodcutters and water carriers for the whole congregation.” So the leaders kept their promise.

Joshua 14:10 הֶחֱיָ֨ה he has let live

Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,

Judges 8:19 הַחֲיִתֶ֣ם you had let live

“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”

Judges 15:19 וַיֶּ֑חִי and he lived

So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.

Judges 21:14 חִיּ֔וּ they had preserved alive

And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.

1 Samuel 2:6 וּמְחַיֶּ֑ה and [is] restoring to life

The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

1 Samuel 10:24 יְחִ֥י may he live

Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

1 Samuel 27:9 יְחַיֶּ֖ה he let live

Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,

1 Samuel 27:11 יְחַיֶּ֣ה he let live

David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.

2 Samuel 1:10 יִֽחְיֶ֖ה he will live

So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band that was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord.”

2 Samuel 8:2 לְהַחֲי֑וֹת to let live

David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

2 Samuel 12:3 וַיְחַיֶּ֕הָ and he nourished it

but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 12:22 וְחַ֥י and he will live

David answered, “While the child was alive, I fasted and wept, for I said, ‘Who knows? The LORD may be gracious to me and let him live.’

2 Samuel 16:16 יְחִ֥י יְחִ֥י may he live

And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

1 Kings 1:25 יְחִ֖י may he live

For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

1 Kings 1:31 יְחִ֗י may he live

Bathsheba bowed facedown in homage to the king and said, “May my lord King David live forever!”

1 Kings 1:34 יְחִ֖י may he live

There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

1 Kings 1:39 יְחִ֖י may he live

Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tabernacle and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the ram’s horn, and all the people proclaimed, “Long live King Solomon!”

1 Kings 17:22 וַיֶּֽחִי׃ and he lived

And the LORD listened to the voice of Elijah, and the child’s life returned to him, and he lived.

1 Kings 18:5 וּנְחַיֶּה֙ so we may preserve alive

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

1 Kings 20:31 יְחַיֶּ֥ה he will let live

Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

1 Kings 20:32 תְּחִֽי־ let it live

So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

2 Kings 1:2 אֶחְיֶ֖ה I will live

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers and instructed them: “Go inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this injury.”

2 Kings 4:7 תִֽחְיִ֖י you will live

She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”

2 Kings 5:7 וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹת and to restore to life

When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and asked, “Am I God, killing and giving life, that this man expects me to cure a leper? Surely you can see that he is seeking a quarrel with me!”

2 Kings 7:4 יְחַיֻּ֣נוּ נִֽחְיֶ֔ה they will let live us, we will live

If we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”

2 Kings 8:1 הֶחֱיָ֨ה he had restored to life

Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed that a seven-year famine will come to the land.”

2 Kings 8:5 הֶחֱיָ֣ה הֶחֱיָ֤ה הֶחֱיָ֥ה he had restored to life, he restored to life

And Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life. Just then the woman whose son Elisha had revived came to appeal to the king for her house and her land. So Gehazi said, “My lord the king, this is the woman, and this is the son Elisha restored to life.”

2 Kings 8:8 הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה ¿ will I live

So the king said to Hazael, “Take a gift in your hand, go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD through him, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

2 Kings 8:9 הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה ¿ will I live

So Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him a gift of forty camel loads of every good thing from Damascus. And he went in and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, ‘Will I recover from this illness?’”

2 Kings 8:10 חָיֹ֣ה תִחְיֶ֑ה certainly <to live>, you will live

Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”

2 Kings 8:14 חָיֹ֥ה תִחְיֶֽה׃ certainly <to live>, you will live

So Hazael left Elisha and went to his master, who asked him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he replied, “He told me that you would surely recover.”

2 Kings 10:19 יִֽחְיֶ֑ה he will live

Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.

2 Kings 11:12 יְחִ֥י may he live

Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”

2 Kings 13:21 וַיְחִ֖י and he lived

Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.

2 Kings 14:17 וַיְחִ֨י and he lived

Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

2 Kings 18:32 וִֽחְי֖וּ and live

until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey—so that you may live and not die. But do not listen to Hezekiah, for he misleads you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’

2 Kings 20:1 תִֽחְיֶֽה׃ you will live

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

2 Kings 20:7 וַיֶּֽחִי׃ and he lived

Then Isaiah said, “Prepare a poultice of figs.” So they brought it and applied it to the boil, and Hezekiah recovered.

1 Chronicles 11:8 יְחַיֶּ֖ה he restored

He built up the city around it, from the supporting terraces to the surrounding wall, while Joab restored the rest of the city.

2 Chronicles 23:11 יְחִ֥י may he live

Then Jehoiada and his sons brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him and shouted, “Long live the king!”

2 Chronicles 25:25 וַיְחִ֨י and he lived

Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel.

Nehemiah 2:3 יִחְיֶ֑ה may he live

and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

Nehemiah 4:2 הַיְחַיּ֧וּ ¿ will they restore

before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

Nehemiah 5:2 וְנִחְיֶֽה׃ and we may live

Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

Nehemiah 6:11 וָחָ֑י and he will live

But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”

Nehemiah 9:6 מְחַיֶּ֣ה [are] preserving alive

You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You.

Nehemiah 9:29 וְחָיָ֣ה and he will live

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

Esther 4:11 וְחָיָ֑ה and he will live

“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

Job 7:16 אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה I will live

I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Job 14:14 הֲיִ֫חְיֶ֥ה ¿ will he live

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

Job 21:7 יִחְי֑וּ do they live

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Job 33:4 תְּחַיֵּֽנִי׃ it gives life me

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Job 36:6 יְחַיֶּ֥ה he preserves alive

He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.

Job 42:16 וַיְחִ֤י and he lived

After this, Job lived 140 years and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

Psalm 22:26 יְחִ֖י may it live

The poor will eat and be satisfied; those who seek the LORD will praise Him. May your hearts live forever!

Psalm 22:29 חִיָּֽה׃ he has preserved alive

All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him—even those unable to preserve their lives.

Psalm 30:3 חִ֝יִּיתַ֗נִי you preserved alive me

O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

Psalm 33:19 וּ֝לְחַיּוֹתָ֗ם and to preserve alive them

to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Psalm 41:2 וִֽ֭יחַיֵּהוּ and he will preserve alive him

The LORD will protect and preserve him; He will bless him in the land and refuse to give him over to the will of his foes.

Psalm 49:9 וִֽיחִי־ so he may live

that he should live on forever and not see decay.

Psalm 69:32 וִיחִ֥י and may it live

The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!

Psalm 71:20 תְּחַיֵּ֑ינִי you will preserve alive me

Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

Psalm 72:15 וִיחִ֗י and may he live

Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

Psalm 80:18 תְּ֝חַיֵּ֗נוּ you will give life us

Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.

Psalm 85:6 תְּחַיֵּ֑נוּ will you give life? us

Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

Psalm 89:48 יִֽ֭חְיֶה [who] he will live

What man can live and never see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah

Psalm 118:17 אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה I will live

I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.

Psalm 119:17 אֶֽחְיֶ֗ה I will live

Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live and keep Your word.

Psalm 119:25 חַ֝יֵּ֗נִי preserve alive me

My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

Psalm 119:37 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ preserve alive me

Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.

Psalm 119:40 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ preserve alive me

How I long for Your precepts! Revive me in Your righteousness.

Psalm 119:50 חִיָּֽתְנִי׃ it has preserved alive me

This is my comfort in affliction, that Your promise has given me life.

Psalm 119:77 וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה so I may live

May Your compassion come to me, that I may live, for Your law is my delight.

Psalm 119:88 חַיֵּ֑נִי preserve alive me

Revive me according to Your loving devotion, that I may obey the testimony of Your mouth.

Psalm 119:93 חִיִּיתָֽנִי׃ you have preserved alive me

I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.

Psalm 119:107 חַיֵּ֥נִי preserve alive me

I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.

Psalm 119:116 וְאֶֽחְיֶ֑ה so I may live

Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; let me not be ashamed of my hope.

Psalm 119:144 וְאֶחְיֶֽה׃ so I may live

Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.

Psalm 119:149 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ preserve alive me

Hear my voice, O LORD, according to Your loving devotion; give me life according to Your justice.

Psalm 119:154 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ preserve alive me

Defend my cause and redeem me; revive me according to Your word.

Psalm 119:156 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ preserve alive me

Great are Your mercies, O LORD; revive me according to Your ordinances.

Psalm 119:159 חַיֵּֽנִי׃ preserve alive me

Consider how I love Your precepts, O LORD; give me life according to Your loving devotion.

Psalm 119:175 תְּֽחִי־ may it live

Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.

Psalm 138:7 תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִי you preserve alive me

If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.

Psalm 143:11 תְּחַיֵּ֑נִי you will preserve alive me

For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.

Proverbs 4:4 וֶֽחְיֵֽה׃ and live

he taught me and said, “Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands and you will live.

Proverbs 7:2 וֶחְיֵ֑ה and live

Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Proverbs 9:6 וִֽחְי֑וּ and live

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

Proverbs 15:27 יִחְיֶֽה׃ he will live

He who is greedy for unjust gain brings trouble on his household, but he who hates bribes will live.

Ecclesiastes 6:3 יִֽחְיֶ֜ה he will live

A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Ecclesiastes 6:6 חָיָ֗ה he lived

even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

Ecclesiastes 7:12 תְּחַיֶּ֥ה it preserves alive

For wisdom, like money, is a shelter, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of its owner.

Ecclesiastes 11:8 יִחְיֶ֥ה <he> will live

So if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all. But let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything to come is futile.

Isaiah 7:21 יְחַיֶּה־ he will preserve alive

On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,

Isaiah 26:14 יִחְי֔וּ they will live

The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

Isaiah 26:19 יִֽחְי֣וּ they will live

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.

Isaiah 38:1 תִֽחְיֶֽה׃ you will live

In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”

Isaiah 38:9 וַיְחִ֖י and he lived

This is a writing by Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery:

Isaiah 38:16 יִֽחְי֑וּ וְהַחֲיֵֽנִי׃ people live, and preserve alive me

O Lord, by such things men live, and in all of them my spirit finds life. You have restored me to health and have let me live.

Isaiah 38:21 וְיֶֽחִי׃ so he may live

Now Isaiah had said, “Prepare a lump of pressed figs and apply it to the boil, and he will recover.”

Isaiah 55:3 וּתְחִ֣י so may it live

Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.

Isaiah 57:15 לְהַחֲיוֹת֙ וּֽלְהַחֲי֖וֹת to restore, and to restore

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

Jeremiah 21:9 וְחָיָ֔ה and he will live

Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.

Jeremiah 27:12 וִֽחְיֽוּ׃ and live

And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

Jeremiah 27:17 וִֽחְי֑וּ and live

Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?

Jeremiah 35:7 תִּֽחְי֜וּ you may live

Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’

Jeremiah 38:2 וְחָיָ֔ה וָחָֽי׃ ס and he will live

“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.

Jeremiah 38:17 וְחָיְתָ֣ה וְחָיִ֖תָה and you will live

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

Jeremiah 38:20 וּתְחִ֥י so it may live

“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.

Jeremiah 49:11 אֲחַיֶּ֑ה I will preserve [them] alive

Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

Lamentations 4:20 נִֽחְיֶ֥ה we will live

The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

Ezekiel 3:18 לְחַיֹּת֑וֹ to preserve alive him

If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.

Ezekiel 3:21 חָי֤וֹ יִֽחְיֶה֙ certainly <live>, he will live

But if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he will indeed live because he heeded your warning, and you will have saved yourself.”

Ezekiel 13:18 תְחַיֶּֽינָה׃ will you preserve alive?

and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?

Ezekiel 13:19 וּלְחַיּ֥וֹת תִֽחְיֶ֑ינָה and by preserving alive, they will live

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

Ezekiel 13:22 לְהַחֲיֹתֽוֹ׃ to preserve alive him

Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

Ezekiel 16:6 חֲיִ֔י חֲיִֽי׃ live

Then I passed by and saw you wallowing in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, ‘Live!’ There I said to you, ‘Live!’

Ezekiel 18:9 חָיֹ֣ה יִֽחְיֶ֔ה certainly <live>, he will live

He follows My statutes and faithfully keeps My ordinances. That man is righteous; surely he will live, declares the Lord GOD.

Ezekiel 18:13 וָחָ֑י יִֽחְיֶ֗ה and will he live?, he will live

He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.

Ezekiel 18:17 חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶֽה׃ certainly <live>, he will live

He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.

Ezekiel 18:19 חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶֽה׃ certainly <live>, he will live

Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

Ezekiel 18:21 חָיֹ֥ה יִחְיֶ֖ה certainly <live>, he will live

But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 18:22 יִֽחְיֶֽה׃ he will live

None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

Ezekiel 18:23 וְחָיָֽה׃ ס and he will live

Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?

Ezekiel 18:24 וָחָ֑י and will he live?

But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.

Ezekiel 18:27 יְחַיֶּֽה׃ he will preserve alive

But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

Ezekiel 18:28 חָי֥וֹ יִחְיֶ֖ה certainly <live>, he will live

Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 18:32 וִֽחְיֽוּ׃ פ and live

For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!

Ezekiel 20:11 וָחַ֥י and he will live

And I gave them My statutes and made known to them My ordinances—for the man who does these things will live by them.

Ezekiel 20:13 וָחַ֣י and he will live

Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 20:21 וָחַ֣י and he will live

But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.

Ezekiel 20:25 יִֽחְי֖וּ they will live

I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.

Ezekiel 33:10 נִֽחְיֶֽה׃ will we live

Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’

Ezekiel 33:11 וְחָיָ֑ה and he will live

Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’

Ezekiel 33:12 לִֽחְי֥וֹת to live

Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’

Ezekiel 33:13 חָיֹ֣ה יִֽחְיֶ֔ה certainly <live>, he will live

If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.

Ezekiel 33:15 חָי֥וֹ יִֽחְיֶ֖ה certainly <live>, he will live

if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.

Ezekiel 33:16 חָי֥וֹ יִֽחְיֶֽה׃ certainly <live>, he will live

None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.

Ezekiel 33:19 יִֽחְיֶֽה׃ he will live

But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.

Ezekiel 37:3 הֲתִחְיֶ֖ינָה ¿ will they live

Then He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones come to life?” “O Lord GOD,” I replied, “only You know.”

Ezekiel 37:5 וִחְיִיתֶֽם׃ and you will live

This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

Ezekiel 37:6 וִחְיִיתֶ֑ם and you will live

I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

Ezekiel 37:9 וְיִֽחְיֽוּ׃ so they may live

Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”

Ezekiel 37:10 וַיִּֽחְי֗וּ and they lived

So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.

Ezekiel 37:14 וִחְיִיתֶ֔ם and you will live

I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’”

Ezekiel 47:9 יִֽחְיֶ֔ה וָחָ֔י it will live, and it will live

Wherever the river flows, there will be swarms of living creatures and a great number of fish, because it flows there and makes the waters fresh; so wherever the river flows, everything will flourish.

Hosea 6:2 יְחַיֵּ֖נוּ וְנִחְיֶ֥ה he will restore to life us, and we may live

After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

Hosea 14:7 יְחַיּ֥וּ they will cause to grow

They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.

Amos 5:4 וִֽחְיֽוּ׃ and live

For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!

Amos 5:6 וִֽחְי֑וּ and live

Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

Amos 5:14 תִּֽחְי֑וּ you will live

Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

Habakkuk 2:4 יִחְיֶֽה׃ he will live

Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—

Habakkuk 3:2 חַיֵּ֔יהוּ restore it

O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!

Zechariah 1:5 יִֽחְיֽוּ׃ do they live

Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Zechariah 10:9 וְחָי֥וּ and they will live

Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

Zechariah 13:3 תִֽחְיֶ֔ה you will live

And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.