חיא

חַי, חַיָּא, חַיָּיאch. sam( חַי m. (b. h.; חָיָה) living, alive; living creature; healthy). Targ. Gen. 9:3; a. fr.Targ. Ex. 12:9 כד חי (half-)raw; a. fr.Sabb.18b קרא חייא raw cabbage.Midr. Till. to Ps. 22:7 (read:) חשיך חי דבעי למיתא luckless in the living one that is dependent on the dead; Yalk. ib. 686; a. fr.Pi. חַיִּין, חַיַּיָּא, חַיֵּי. Targ. Ps. 38:20. Targ. Num. 17:13; a. fr.Snh.98b אי מן ח׳ הוא if he is one of the living (the present age); Y.Ber.II, 5a top; a. fr.Fem. חַיָּיא, חַיָּא, חַיְּתָא, חַיְּי׳. Targ. Gen. 1:20. Targ. Y. ib. 37:2; a. e.Sabb.18b קדרא ח׳ a raw dish.Pl. חַיָּיתָא, חַיָּין. Targ. Y. Gen. 1:21; a. fr.Targ. Y. II Ex. 1:19 (strong).B. Kam.38b דהוה חַיָּה (h. form.) that she would have lived.