Jastrow: מִחְיָה

מִחְיָה, מִחְיָיה f. (b. h.; חָיָה) 1) support, provision. Y. Peah III, 17ᵈ bot. יש לו מ׳ he has left for himself something to live on (a permanent source of income). Sifré Num. 159; Yalk. Num. 787 שווקים ובית המ׳ markets and a provision store (v. חֵיוְתָא). —2) [healing,] light cicatrization. Y. Pes. VII, 34ᵃ bot., expl. מִחְיַת (Lev. XIII, 24) חייתה ולא חייתה it is and is not healed up (has only a thin covering). Neg. I, 5. Sifra Thazr., Neg., ch. II, Par. 2 מִחְיָתָהּ כגריס if the half-healed part of it is as large as a bean. Ib. Par. 5, ch. XI; a. fr.— *3) creatures; מִחְיַת הים sea-animals. Gen. R. s. 7, end; Yalk. ib. 12 המרביע מ׳ הים he who causes the cross-breeding of sea-animals (Tosaf. to B. Kam. 55ᵃ quotes: מין חיית הים); Y. Kil. I, 27ᵃ bot. בחיות. (corr. acc.).