וּ/בַ֣/חַיָּ֔ה
𐤅/𐤁/𐤇𐤉𐤄
uvachayah
and beast
from חָיָה; 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; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Genesis 7:21 · Word #9
Lexicon H2416
| Lemma | חַי |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤉 |
| Transliteration | chay |
| Strong's | H2416 |
| In-context | and beast |
Morphology HC/Rd/Ncfsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | f — Feminine — Feminine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H2416-50
and in the living-creature
| Root | חיה (ḥ-y-h) |
| Core Meanings | life, livingness, vitality, being alive |
| Semantic Range | living being, animal, wild beast, creature, life-form; occasionally symbolic of vitality or animate existence in contrast to inanimate matter. |
| Conceptual Significance | חַיָּה emphasizes animate life as sustained by יהוה. In biblical thought, animals are not merely beasts but living-creatures sharing the divine gift of breath and life, highlighting the Creator’s sovereignty over all living beings. |
| Morphological Notes | Conjunction וּ + preposition בַּ (with assimilated definite article) + noun חַיָּה, common feminine singular absolute (Ncfsa). |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun חַיָּה is feminine singular absolute, meaning a living being or animal, derived from the root חיה (to live). The prefixed conjunction וּ and preposition בַּ (with article assimilation) require the rendering "and in the," while the singular feminine sense is preserved in "living-creature." |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root חיה (life, livingness, vitality, being alive)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H2421-01 |
achayeh | I will make alive |
H2416-01 |
bachayim | in the living-ones |
H2416-02 |
bachayin | in the living-ones |
Word Usage (503 occurrences of H2416)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 1:20 | חַיָּ֑ה | chayah | living |
| Genesis 1:21 | הַֽ/חַיָּ֣ה | hachayah | living |
| Genesis 1:24 | חַיָּה֙ | chayah | living |