Genesis 3:20:5Gen.3.20.W5PAT
חַוָּ֑ה
khava
“Eve”
- Transliteration
- kha-VA
- Extended
- khah-VAA
- IPA
- /ħaw.ˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- Eve
- French
- Ève
- Spanish
- Eva
- Portuguese
- Eva
- German
- Eva
- Russian
- Ева
- Arabic-Simplified
- حواء
- Hindi
- हव्वा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 夏娃
- Korean
- 하와라고
- Indonesian
- Hawa
- Bengali
- হবা
- Tagalog
- na Eva
- Swahili
- Hawa
- Amharic
- ሔዋን
- Yoruba
- Efa
- Igbo
- Iva
- Twi
- Hawa
- Ewe
- Hawa
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
חַ + וָּ֑ה
↓
kha + va
↓
khava
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-VA
- clause
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM SHEM ish-TO kha-VA
- sentence
va-yik-RA ha-a-DAM SHEM ish-TO kha-VA KI HI ha-ye-TA EM kol-KHAI
In context — Genesis 3:20
the man named name of his wife Eve because she was mother of all living beings
About this coordinate
Genesis 3:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 3:20, so the Hebrew word חַוָּ֑ה (khava) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.3.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.3.20.W5.S1) and character.