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ḥawwā חַוָּה ‘Eve’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: causatively from ḥāwā חָוָה ‘to tell’
Roots: חוה

ḥawwā pr n f pers
Eve = "life" or "living"
1) the first woman, wife of Adam

Mentioned in Genesis 3:20, 4:1

2014 — 2026 Institute for Biblical Content. Biblical Hebrew for linguists: a multilingual analytical biblical Hebrew lexicon.
Editorial Lead of the English section: M. Hardy (ENS, IBC).
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