{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4241",
  "lemma": "מִחְיָה",
  "transliteration": "michyâh",
  "definition": "preservation of life; hence, sustenance; also the live flesh, i.e. the quick",
  "kjv": "preserve life, quick, recover selves, reviving, sustenance, victuals.",
  "occurrences": 8,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2421",
      "lemma": "חָיָה",
      "transliteration": "châyâh",
      "meaning": "to live, whether literally or figuratively",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2421"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מִחְיָה n.f. preservation of life, sustenance",
    "1. preservation of life",
    "2. sustenance",
    "3. reviving",
    "4. the quick"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 45:5",
      "text": "Now don’t be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/45?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 13:10",
      "text": "and the priest shall examine him. Behold, if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/13?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 13:24",
      "text": "“Or when the body has a burn from fire on its skin, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/13?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 6:4",
      "text": "They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/6?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 17:10",
      "text": "Micah said to him, “Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver per…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/17?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 9:8",
      "text": "Now for a little moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/9?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 9:9",
      "text": "For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/9?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Chronicles 14:12",
      "text": "Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar. So many of the Ethiopians fell that they could not recover…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/14?v=12"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H4241",
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}