יְחִי
Meanings
Verb
1. long live, third-person masculine singular jussive (prefix conjugation) of חָיָה (hayá).
Pronunciation
y'khí
Examples3
הַמֶּלֶךְ מֵת, יְחִי הַמֶּלֶךְ!
The king is dead, long live the king!
יְחִי הַקֵּיסָר!
Long live the Emperor!
וִיחִי־יֶרֶד שְׁתַּיִם וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת שָׁנָה ויוֹלֵד אֵת־חֲנוֹךְ.
And Jared lived a hundred and sixty-two years, and begot Henoch.