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Genesis 11:12

וְ אַרְפַּכְשַׁד חַי חָמֵשׁ וּ שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַ יֹּולֶד אֶת שָׁלַח
And Arphaxad Living440 five and thirty of a duplication and is generating Sent.
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Hebrew חַ֔י, chay. This is assumed to be a verb form of to live (Qal, Incomplete, 3rd person masculine) yet the spelling is exactly the same as that of the noun form חַי #2416, Life/Living. This verse and verse 14 are the only occurrences of this so-called verb form in the Hebrew Scriptures.