Jastrow: חִיוֵי

חִיוֵי, חִיוְיָא, חֶוְיָא m. (חוי, v. Ges. H. Dict.10 s. v. חוה) serpent. Targ. Gen. III, 1. Targ. O. Ex. IV, 2 חִיוֵּי ed. Berl. (Var. חֵיוִי, חֵוֵי); a. fr.—Y. Sabb. I, 3ᵇ ודבר נשא ח׳ and the spine of a human being is turned into a serpent. Sabb. 85ᵃ (play on הַחִוִּי) שהיו טועמין את הארץ כח׳ they tasted the ground (for agricultural purposes) like a serpent. Gen. R. s. 20 (play on חַוָּה) ח׳ חִוְיָךְ ואת ח׳ דאדם the serpent is thy (Eve’s) serpent (seducer), and thou art Adam’s serpent. Sabb. 110ᵃ ח׳ דרבנן טרקיה the Rabbis’ serpent bit him, i.e. he was bitten by a serpent as a punishment for disregarding rabbinical ordinances (with ref. to Koh. X, 8); Ab. Zar. 27ᵇ. Ber. 12ᵇ זקף כח׳ erected himself (in prayer) like a serpent (raising his head first); a. fr.—Pl. חִיוַּיָּא; (fem. pl.) חִיוָּן, חִיוָוָן, חִיוָיָן. Targ. Num. XXI, 6, sq.; a. fr.—[V. אִוְיָא.]