חַי (ḥayyîm) is a Hebrew noun meaning kinsfolk. It appears 503 times in 29 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2416).

Also rendered

• alive
• living thing
• community
• life

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 644f)

Root family 644: חָיָה ḥāyâ — live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live forever. Also be quickened, revive from sickness, discouragement, or even death

• חָיָה ḥāyâ — live
• חָיַי ḥāyay — live
• מִחְיָה miḥyâ — preservation of life
• חַיּוּת ḥayyût — living widows
• חָיֶה ḥāyeh — having the vigour of life

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