chay.yut denotes a state of living, set in 2 Samuel 20:3 against the women’s confinement until death.

The single attestation presents chay.yut in a context where the women are kept in widowhood until death, indicating living as the continuing state before death.

1. Living as the state before death · dominant

   In 2 Samuel 20:3, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in the clause describing women kept in widowhood until the day of their death. The APB renders the verse as their being kept in widowhood “until the day of their death,” confirming a context that contrasts ongoing life with death.

   2 Samuel 20:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB does not isolate a corresponding English word for the term; it presents the surrounding situation as confinement in widowhood “until the day of their death.”