חַוָּה
chava · Eve
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2332 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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chava (חַוָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Eve”.
The name the man gave his wife. In Hebrew it is "Chavvah", which sounds like "living"; Genesis 3:20 explains why.
How to say it
cha·va
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Genesis 3:20
And the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
- Genesis 4:1
Now the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have acquired a man with YHWH.”