- חַיַּיָּא
- חַיִּין, חַיֵּי, חַיַּיָּאch. sam(חיים the living ones). Targ. Y. II Gen. 45:28. Targ. Gen. 2:7. Ib. 9 (Y. ed. Amst. חַיָּיא); a. fr.Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42c top חייא דאהןוכ׳ Oh, what a (blessed) life that man has led that ; Y.Peah I, 15d חיוי (corr. acc.; Gen. R. s. 59 חמוןוכ׳). B. Bath.58b בראש כל חיין אנא חמר at the head of all life-giving things, am I, the wine. Sabb.67b (drinking toast) חמרא וח׳וכ׳ wine and health to our teachers; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
