ח־י־הح ي ي

ḥ-y-y “to live”

Hebrew ḥayyîm 'life' is in the toast lə-ḥayyîm, 'to life!', and the participle məḥayyeh 'reviving', the prayer's word for God 'who revives the dead', became Yiddish mekhaye, a real pleasure. Eve, Ḥawwāh, is linked to 'living' only by Genesis itself.

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Words from this root 2

l'chaimBiblical Hebrew → Yiddish → American English
mechaiehBiblical Hebrew → Yiddish → American English

Relatives outside the atlas

Biblical Hebrew	חַי	ḥay	“alive, living”
Biblical Hebrew	חַיִּים	ḥayyîm	“life”
Modern Hebrew	חַיָּה	ḥaya	“animal, 'living thing'”
Arabic	حَيَاة	ḥayāh	“life”
Arabic	حَيّ	ḥayy	“alive; a neighbourhood”
Aramaic	חַיִּין	ḥayyîn	“life”