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Andוַthe manהָאָדָםcalledיִּקְרָאhis wife’sאִשְׁתּוֹnameשֵׁםEve,חַוָּהbecauseכִּיsheהִואwasהָיְתָהthe motherאֵםof allכָּלliving.חָי
Genesis 3:20
Study it in the app“And the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:20, word by word
- the manאָדָםadam
Adam
Adam, the first man.
Where else “adam” appears- calledיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- his wife’sאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Eveחַוָּהchava
Eve
Eve: the name the man gave his wife. In Hebrew it is "Chavvah", which sounds like "living"; Genesis 3:20 explains why.
Where else “chava” appears- wasהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- the motherאֵםem
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “em” appears- livingחָיchay
alive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chay” appears
Translation note
“Eve” is in Hebrew Chava, which sounds like chay, “living.”
The context
19By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.”
20 · This verse (above)
21And YHWH Elohim made for Adam and for his wife garments of skin and clothed them.
To study Genesis 3 in a group
1. What it says
What did the serpent say to the woman, and what did she and the man do afterward (vv. 1-6)?
2. What it means
What changed between the man, the woman, and Elohim after they ate the fruit (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
When you fail, how can you come near to Elohim instead of hiding, as the man did (v. 8)?