חיה I

חַיָּהI f. (b. h.; חָיָה) 1) (adj.) v. חַי. 2) animal, esp. beast of chase, deer , contrad. to בְּהֵמָה. Ḥull.VI, 1 ונוהג בח׳ ובעוף and applies to beasts of chase and birds; a. fr.Ab. V, 9, a. fr. ח׳ רעה the plague of wild beasts. Ex. R. s. 35 (ref. to Ps. 68:31) ח׳ הדרהוכ׳ the beast that lives between the reeds (Rome).Sabb.151b; Snh.38b, a. e. אין ח׳ רעה שולטתוכ׳ no wild beast has power over man, unless he appears to it to resemble a brute creature; a. fr.Pl. חַיּוֹת. Taan.8a לע״ל … כל הח׳וכ׳ in the future all the wild beasts shall gather and come to the serpent Bets.25b כלב בח׳ the dog (is the most irrepressible) among the wild beasts. Ber.61b פקח שבח׳ the shrewdest of all animals; a. v. fr.Esp. Ḥayoth, legendary celestial creatures (Ez. 1:5). Ḥag.13a; a. fr.