"Kayam," "Stand," "Stay"

       I wrote on September 8th and 9th about "exist" as meaning "standing out" by derivation.  My mind plays with the Hebrew prayer on awakening called "Modeh Ani" ("I acknowledge, thank").
 
       The prayer speaks of God as "chai v'kayam" ("living and existing, enduring").  Like "exist," "kayam" comes from a root "koom," meaning "stand."  Recall that numerous "st" words with that root "stand" also have a sense of "staying," of endurance about them.  The Hebrew/Aramaic word "kayam" is of exactly the same breed.
      
       We suppose God to "live" as one supposes the soul to "live," vital but totally intangible, without physical presence, manifestation.  But the world God has created, the world that persists, which we meet each day, that is existence, "standing forth," invoking us to engage.