חי

Hebrew
Root
ח־י־ה‎

Adjective

חַי • (kháy) (feminine חַיָּה‎, masculine plural חַיִּים‎, feminine plural חַיּוֹת‎)

  1. alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively: - + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life, lifetime, maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
  2. living, live
  3. lively

Verb

חַי • (kháy) (pa'al construction)

  1. to live

Conjugation
Conjugation of חָיָה, חַי‎ (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms
finite forms masculine
singular		 feminine
singular		 masculine
plural		 feminine
plural
past first person חָיִיתִי‎ חָיִינוּ‎
second person חָיִיתָ‎ חָיִית‎ חֲיִיתֶם‎ חֲיִיתֶן‎1
third person חָיָה, חַי‎ חייתה \ חָיְתָה‎ חָיוּ‎
present all persons חַי‎ חַיָּה‎ חַיִּים‎ חַיּוֹת‎
future first person אֶחְיֶה‎ נִחְיֶה‎
second person תִּחְיֶה‎ תִּחְיִי‎ תּחְיוּ‎ תִּחְיֶינָה‎2
third person יִחְיֶה‎ תִּחְיֶה‎ יִחְיוּ‎ תִּחְיֶינָה‎2
imperative second person חֲיֵה‎ חֲיִי‎ חֲיוּ‎ חֲיֶינָה‎2
notes
  1. Uncommon in modern informal Hebrew, but used in formal speech and writing.
  2. Uncommon in modern Hebrew.
  • גר‎ (gar), while חי can describe living in both senses, existence and residency, גר defines only the latter.

References
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