H2332

חַוָּה

chav.vahN:N-F-P

Eve

A woman living at the time before the Flood, first mentioned at Gen.3.20; married to Adam (H0121); mother of: Cain (H7014B), Abel (H1893) and Seth (H8352) Also named: Eua (Εὖα "Eve" G2096) § Eve = "life" or "living" the first woman, wife of Adam

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. חַוָּה proper name, feminine (life, see Di Gen 3:20 > WeProl. 1886, 322; Skizzen iii. 217 after Nö who suggests serpent as possible meaning, compare Arabic ; but RSK 177 'mother of every µayy,' see II. חַי below חיה) — Gen 3:20 and the man called his wife חַוָּ֑ה, because she was אֵם כָּלחָֽֿי׃; compare אִשְׁתּוֺ ׳ח Gen 4:1 (both J). — II. חַוָּה village, see below below II. חוה.


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