מִחְיָה H4241

Home gloss

keeping alive

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

to preserve life / to preserve life

Note

The noun of חָיָה: what keeps life going (45:5; Judg 6:4; 17:10; Ezra 9:8–9; Lev 13:10, 24). Shares "keep alive" with the piel and hiphil of חָיָה (45:7): one root (95)

Rulings

37, 95

Declared to share English with

H2421 — one root: keeping alive / keep alive (135s)

Occurrences (1)

Genesis 45

45:5 And now, do not be pained, and let it not flare in your eyes that you sold me hither; for it was for keeping alive that Elohim sent me before your face.