חוה

Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ḥyw (“to live”); cognate with Hebrew חַי (kháy, “alive”).^[1]

• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaw.ˈwaː/
• (Rabbinic Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħav.ˈvaː/, [ħɐv.ˈvɐː]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħav.ˈvɔː/, [ħav.ˈvɔː]
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaw.ˈwaː/, [ħäw.ˈwäː]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaw.ˈwɔː/, [ħæw.ˈwɔː]
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χav.ˈva/, [χäv.ˈvä]
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχa.va/, [ˈχɑ.və]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χa.ˈva/

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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

• → Ancient Greek: Εὔα (Eúa)
  • > Greek: Εύα (Éva) (inherited)
  • → Belarusian: Е́ва (Jéva)
  • → French: Ève
  • → Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐍅𐌰 (aiwwa)
  • → Icelandic: Eva
  • → Latin: Eva, Heva, Hava
    • ⇒ Dutch: Eva
      • Afrikaans: Eva
    • → Old English: Ēfe
      • Middle English: Eve, Eva
        • English: Eve
        • Middle Scots: Eve
          • Scots: Eve
    • ⇒ Finnish: Eeva
    • ⇒ Latvian: Eva
    • ⇒? Latvian: Ieva
    • → Old Irish: Eua
      • Irish: Éabha
      • Manx: Aaue
      • Scottish Gaelic: Eubha
    • ⇒ Portuguese: Eva
      • →? Vietnamese: E-và
    • ⇒ Spanish: Eva
      • → Tagalog: Eba, Eva
    • ⇒ Swedish: Eva
  • → Russian: Е́ва (Jéva)
• → Arabic: حواء (ḥawwāʔ)
  • → Azerbaijani: Həvva
  • → Chinese: 哈娃 (Hāwá)
  • → Classical Persian: حَوَّا (hawwā) (learned)
    • → Bengali: হাওয়া (haōẇa)
    • → Gujarati: હવા (havā)
    • → Hindustani:

      Hindi: हव्वा (havvā), हौवा (hauvā)

      Urdu: حَوّا (hauvā)

  • → Hausa: Hàuwa
  • → Kazakh: Хауа (Xaua)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حواء (Havvâ)
    • Turkish: Havva
  • → Swahili: Hawa
  • → Tagalog: Hawâ
• → Chinese: 夏娃 (Xiàwá)
• → Classical Syriac: ܚܰܘܳܐ (ḥawwā)
• → Korean: 하와 (hawa)
• → Yiddish: חווה (khave)

חַוָּה • (khavá) f

1. defective spelling of חווה.

חָוָה • (khavá) (pa'al construction)

1. defective spelling of חווה

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