החיה

הֶחֱיָה • (hekheyá) (hif'il construction)

1. To revive, to resuscitate, to revitalize, to quicken
   • Tanach, Psalms 143:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     לְמַעַן־שִׁמְךָ יְהוָה תְּחַיֵּנִי בְּצִדְקָתְךָ תוֹצִיא מִצָּרָה נַפְשִׁי׃

     l'má'an shim'khá, YHVH, t'khayéni, b'tsidkat'khá totsí mitsará nafshí

     For Thy name's sake, O LORD, quicken me; In Thy righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.

   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 32:39, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     רְאוּ עַתָּה כִּי אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים עִמָּדִי אֲנִי אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה מָחַצְתִּי וַאֲנִי אֶרְפָּא וְאֵין מִיָּדִי מַצִּיל׃

     r'ú atá ki aní aní hu v'én elohím imadí; aní amít va'akhayé; makhatsti va'aní erpá; v'én miyadí matsíl

     See now that I, even I, am He, And there is no god with Me; I kill, and I make alive; I have wounded, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of My hand.

2. To resurrect
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Avot, section 4.22:

     הוּא הָיָה אוֹמֵר: הַיִּלּוֹדִים לָמוּת, וְהַמֵּתִים לְהֵחָיוֹת, וְהַחַיִּים לִדּוֹן׃

     hu hayá omér: hayilodím lamut, v'hametím l'hekhayót, v'hakhayím lidón.

     He would say: The born will die, and the dead will be resurrected, and the living will be judged.

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Sanhedrin, 90b:

     שָׁאֲלוּ מִינִין אֶת רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל: מִנַּיִין שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְחַיֶּה מֵתִים? אָמַר לָהֶם, מִן הַתּוֹרָה וּמִן הַנְּבִיאִים וּמִן הַכְּתוּבִים, וְלֹא קִיבְּלוּ מִמֶּנוּ.

     sha'alú minín et Rabán Gamli'él: mináyin shehakadósh barúkh hu m'khayé metím? amár lahém: min hatorá umín han'vi'ím umín hak'tuvím, v'lo kiblú miménu.

     Heretics asked Rabban Gamliel: From where [is it derived] that the Holy Blessed One resurrects the dead? He said to them: From the Torah, the Prophets, and the Hagiographa, but they did not receive it from him.