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)
Range of meaning (TWOT 644f)life; sustenance, maintenance; alive, raw, fresh, strong; age, appetite, beast, company, congregation, lifetime, live, lively, living, merry, multitude, old, quick, running, springing, troop
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חַיִּיםnoun, masculine: life
1.life: physical
2.life
3.sustenance, maintenance
Strong's H2416חַי: alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively KJV:age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, merry, multitude, (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 644: חָיָהḥāyâ — live; be quickened, revive; preserve alive, let live, give life, refresh; keep alive, nourish up, preserve, recover, repair, restore, save, be whole, save life