חוה

Hebrew

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַי (kháy, “alive”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈva/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaw.ˈwɔ/

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Proper noun

חַוָּה • (khavá) f [pattern: קַטְלָה]

1. (Abrahamism, biblical) Eve (the first woman and mother of the human race; Adam's wife)
2. a female given name, Chava

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: Εὔα (Eúa) (see there for further descendants)
• → Arabic: حواء (ḥawwāʔ) (see there for further descendants)
• → Chinese: 夏娃 (Xiàwá)
• → Classical Syriac: ܚܰܘܳܐ (ḥawwā)
• → Korean: 하와 (hawa)
• → Yiddish: חווה (khave)

Noun

חַוָּה • (khavá) f

1. defective spelling of חווה.

Verb

חָוָה • (khavá) (pa'al construction)

1. defective spelling of חווה

References

• H2332 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible