Khay vekayam (חי וקיים) means alive and well in Hebrew.
It is an adjective, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חַי וְקַיָּם
khay vekayam
adjective
In English
alive and well
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Khay vekayam.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1ביטוי המשמש לתאור חיות בישות. בהשאלה משמש במקום שריר וקיים לדבר העומד יציב בזכות עצמו.
The word Khay vekayam is an adjective.
- Written with vowel points
- חַי וְקַיָּם
- Written without vowel points
- חי וקיים
- Said
- khay vekayam
- Root
- ח־י־ה
- Plural
- חַיִּים וְקַיָּמִים
- Feminine form
- חַיָּה וְקַיֶּמֶת
- Inflections
- נ' חַיָּה וְקַיֶּמֶת, ר' חַיִּים וְקַיָּמִים
- Gematria
- 184
This is how Khay vekayam is said in other languages.
- English
- alive and well
These words mean the opposite of Khay vekayam.
- ביטוי מנוגד
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The word Khay vekayam is part of these phrases and sayings.
- צעק חי וקים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
The word Khay vekayam comes from the root ח־י־ה, like these words.
These words come before and after Khay vekayam in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khay vekayam.
What does Khay vekayam (חי וקיים) mean in Hebrew?
Khay vekayam (חי וקיים) means alive and well. It is said khay vekayam, with the stress on khay.
What is the opposite of Khay vekayam (חי וקיים)?
Words that mean the opposite of Khay vekayam (חי וקיים) are ביטוי מנוגד.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חי וקים of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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