Word meanings
Strong's dictionary
from חָיָה; preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick; preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
מִחְיָה n.f. preservation of life, sustenance
1. preservation of life
2. sustenance
3. reviving
4. the quick
Every occurrence
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Genesis 45:5 לְמִֽחְיָ֔ה le.mich.Yah · A person, place or thing
And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
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