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חָיֶה

cha.yeh

vigorous

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Strong’s H2422Adjective1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

are vigorous1

In the text

Exodus 1:19חָיוֹת
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[חָיֶה] adj. having the vigour of life, lively—fpl. Ex 1:19 (E)

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.