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# חיה

Biblical Aramaic

**declare** — used 6 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

declare [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d9_5d4/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֲוָה: vb. Pa. Haph. declare [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d9_5d4/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Pa. Haph. (M§ 65 c) declare (𝔗 Syriac; BH III. \[חָוָה\] (late));— c. acc. פִּשְׁרָא (or equiv.): Impf. 3 ms. sf. יְחַוִּנַּ֫נִי (sf. pers. indir. obj.) Dn 5:7; יְחַוִּנַּהּ 2:11 (קֳדָם pers.); 1 s. אֲחַוֶּה 2:24 (ל pers.), 1 pl. נְחַוֶּה v 4. usually c. acc. פִּשְׁרָא (or equiv.): Impf. 3 ms. יְהַחֲוֶה Dn 5:12; 2 mpl. תְּהַחֲוֹן 2:6, sf. (of indir. obj.) תְּהַחֲוֻנַּ֫נִי v 9; 1 pl. נְהַחֲוֶה v 7; Imv. mpl. sf. (of indir. obj.) הַחֲוֹ֑נִי v 6; Inf. לְהַחֲוָיָה v 10 5:15; + ל pers. 2:16, 27; c. acc. of signs and wonders 3:32.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: live! (5); letting live (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 6:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.22/#tree)

אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֶּ֔אל עִם־מַלְכָּ֖א מַלִּ֑ל מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel with the king he.spoke O king forever live!

*JPS 1917:* Then said Daniel unto the king: 'O king, live for ever!

[Daniel 3:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.3.9/#tree)

עֲנוֹ֙ וְאָ֣מְרִ֔ין לִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֖ר מַלְכָּ֑א מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

*Word for word:* they.replied and.\[were\] saying to Nebuchadnezzar the king O king forever live!

*JPS 1917:* They spoke and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: 'O king, live for ever!

## On Mova

- [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5d9_5d4.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d9_5d4/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).