חַוָּה
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2332
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
Eve tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
חַוָּה: n.pr.f. tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.pr.f. (life, vid. Di Gn 3:20; > WeProl. 1886, 322; Skizzen iii. 217 after Nö who suggests serpent as poss. meaning, cf. Arabic حَيَّةٌ; but RSK 177 ‘mother of every ḥayy,’ v. ii. חַי sub חיה)—Gn 3:20 and the man called his wife חַוָּ֑ה, because she was אֵם כָּל־חָֽי׃; cf. ח׳ אִשְׁתּוֹ 4:1 (both J).—ii. חַוָּה village, v. infr. sub ii.חוה.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Eve (2).
In the verses
וַיִּקְרָ֧א הָֽאָדָ֛ם שֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ חַוָּ֑ה כִּ֛י הִ֥וא הָֽיְתָ֖ה אֵ֥ם כָּל־חָֽי׃
Word for word: and he.called the man the.name his.wife his Eve (dm) she she.was the.mother of.every living.[person]
JPS 1917: And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
וְהָ֣אָדָ֔ם יָדַ֖ע אֶת־חַוָּ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וַתַּ֙הַר֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד אֶת־קַ֔יִן וַתֹּ֕אמֶר קָנִ֥יתִי אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃
Word for word: and the man he.knew (et) Eve wife his and she.conceived and she.bore (et) Cain and she.said I.have.acquired a.man with Yahweh
JPS 1917: And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived and bore Cain, and said: 'I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.'
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