BDB2593 [H2332]

I. חַוָּה proper name, feminine (life, see Di Gen 3:20 > We^{Prol. 1886, 322; Skizzen iii. 217} after Nö who suggests serpent as possible meaning, compare Arabic ; but RS^{K 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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