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*ḥyy (*ḥwy, *ḥyw) - to live, to be alive
(DRS 844‒845)
Words
Akkadian
ˀà-a [ḥayya]
- god Ea
(Roberts 1972: 20, 80)
Ebla
ˀà-u₉
- ᵈEN.KI
(VE 803; Krebernik 1983: 31)
Ugaritic
ḥwy/ḥyy
- to live
(DUL 379)
Hebrew
ḥyy
- to live
(HALOT 309)
Syriac
ḥyy
- to live
(LSyr. 228, SL 446)
Arabic
ḥyw
- to live
(Lane 679)
Arabic
ḥayawān
- animal
(Lane 682)
Sabaic
ḥyw
- to live, survive
(SD 74)
Minaean
ḥyw
- to live
(LM 51)
Geez
ḥaywa
- to live, be alive, be well
(CDG 252)
Mehri
ḥáwya
- to be cured, get better
(ML 196)
Jibbali
ḥē
- to be cured
(JL 121)
Soqotri
ḥyy
- to live
(LS 171)