chayav

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

responsible, culpable, obligated, typically in either the fulfillment of a mitzvah or in receiving punishment from a beit din

/ˈxajəv/ [xaˈjav] /xɑˈjɑv/

chayav more chayav most chayav chayev chayov hayav khayav

Borrowed from Hebrew חַיָּב (chayáv, “liable, culpable, obligated”).

patur

chayav mita

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