- חִיָּיה
- חִיָּיא, חִיָּיהpr. n. m. (abbr. of אֲחִיָּה) Ḥiyya, name of several Amoraim. Esp. R. Ḥ. Robah (the elder, רובה, רבא, רבה), the redactor of the Tosefta in conjunction with R. Oshaya. Taan.21a. Y.Meg.IV, 74d bot. Keth.103b; a. v. fr.R. Ḥ. of Sepphoris. Y.Orl.III, 63a.R. Ḥ. bar Abba (Ba). Y.Sabb.I, 3a; a. fr.R. Ḥ. bar Ada I a. II. Y.Maasr.I, 48d top; a. fr.Y.Dem.II, 22c top; a. fr.; and many more, v. Fr. Mbo, p. 81b>, sq.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.