What does חַי · יְהֹוָה mean in the Bible?
חַי · יְהֹוָה: Life as dynamic vitality—what breathes, moves, grows, and persists in active presence or covenant relationship.
Hebrew · H2416, H3068
חַי
Alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively · (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
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חַי H2416 alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Pronunciation ḥay
Life principle extending from physical vitality (raw, fresh, strong) to covenantal presence and relational aliveness with God.
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יְהֹוָה H3068 (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God
Pronunciation YHWH
God's self-existence and eternity marked by the covenantal name revealing His unchanging, personal relationship with Israel
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What does חַי (ḥay-yhwh) mean in the Bible?
חַי · יְהֹוָה: Life as dynamic vitality—what breathes, moves, grows, and persists in active presence or covenant relationship.
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H2416, H3068?
H2416, H3068 is connected to 7,024 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Canonical Anchor
Hebrew phrase. Life as dynamic vitality—what breathes, moves, grows, and persists in active presence or covenant relationship.
Source Gloss
alive ; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong ; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
Extended definition
Life as dynamic vitality—what breathes, moves, grows, and persists in active presence or covenant relationship.
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
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Old Testament Witnesses
The LORD lives; an affirmation of God's active, personal, and powerful existence in contrast to idols
Word Origins
חַי is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain