STRONGS H2332:
Abbreviations
† I. חַוָּה proper name, feminine (
life, see Di
Genesis 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
ḥayy,' see II.
חַי below
חיה) —
Genesis 3:20 and the man called his wife חַוָּ֑ה, because she was
אֵם כָּלחָֽֿי׃; compare
אִשְׁתּוֺ ח׳ Genesis 4:1 (both J). — II.
חַוָּה village, see below below II.
חוה.
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