- חַיּוּת
- חַיּוּתf. (b. h.; חָיָה) living, support. Ber.61b במקים חַיּוּתֵנוּ (חַיּוּתֵינוּ) in the element in which we live (the water). Gen. R. s. 20 (play on חַוָּה) ניתנה לו לחַיּוּתוֹוכ׳ she had been given to him for his strength, but she advised him like a serpent; a. e.Pl. חַיּוֹת, v. next w.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
