הַֽ/חִיִּיתֶ֖ם

𐤄/𐤇𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤌

hachiyitem

have you let live

a primitive root (compare חָוָה, חָיָה); to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive; keep (leave, make) alive, [idiom] certainly, give (promise) life, (let, suffer to) live, nourish up, preserve (alive), quicken, recover, repair, restore (to life), revive, ([idiom] God) save (alive, life, lives), [idiom] surely, be whole.

H2421

Numbers 31:15 · Word #4

Lexicon H2421

Lemmaחָיָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤇𐤉𐤄
Transliterationchâyâh
Strong'sH2421
In-contexthave you let live

Morphology HTi/Vpp2mp All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan p — Piel — Intensive active
Conjugation p — Perfect — Completed action
Person 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H2421-18

you men caused to live

Morphological NotesHiphil perfect, 2nd person masculine plural. The Hiphil stem gives a causative sense ("cause to live," "keep alive"), and the -תם ending marks masculine plural subject "you."
Rendering RationaleThe root חיה conveys life and vitality. In the Hiphil (causative) stem, perfect 2nd masculine plural, the verb means "you (men) caused to live" or "you kept alive," reflecting both the causative force of Hiphil and the masculine plural subject indicated by the morphology.

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AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root חיה (life, living, vitality, preservation, revival)

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 (265 occurrences of H2421)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 5:3 וַֽ/יְחִ֣י vayechi And Adam lived
Genesis 5:6 וַֽ/יְחִי vayechi and lived
Genesis 5:7 וַֽ/יְחִי vayechi and lived