how to say “to come back to life” in Hebrew

In 1949, my grandparents helped found a kibbutz near modern-day Modiin. The founders called it תחיה

– basically, resurrection, since this was one of many Jewish settlements rising up in Israel only a few years after near-total destruction in Europe.

In the coming years the kibbutz gave way to another agricultural settlement, and the standard spelling of the name of the kibbutz became תחייה – with two י

letters.

לקום לתחייה

means to come back to life – literally, to rise for revival.

For example:

אחרי השואה עם ישראל קם לתחייה על אדמתו.

After the Holocaust the People of Israel came back to life on its land.

יום העצמאות שמח!

Happy Independence Day!