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amother
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 Tue, Oct 10 2023, 10:15 pm
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I’m having trouble understanding how chava means life or mother of all life when the root is not the same? Can someone explain to me the meaning of the name Chava in a way that’s understandable to the layman?
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amother
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Tue, Oct 10 2023, 10:23 pm
| amother OP wrote: | | I’m having trouble understanding how chava means life or mother of all life when the root is not the same? Can someone explain to me the meaning of the name Chava in a way that’s understandable to the layman? |
וַיִּקְרָ֧א הָֽאָדָ֛ם שֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתֹּ֖ו חַוָּ֑ה כִּ֛י הִ֥וא הָֽיְתָ֖ה אֵ֥ם כָּל־חָֽי׃
my unsatisfactory answer is - because it says so.
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amother
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Tue, Oct 10 2023, 10:41 pm
| amother Tanzanite wrote: | וַיִּקְרָ֧א הָֽאָדָ֛ם שֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתֹּ֖ו חַוָּ֑ה כִּ֛י הִ֥וא הָֽיְתָ֖ה אֵ֥ם כָּל־חָֽי׃
my unsatisfactory answer is - because it says so. |
I don’t get what one has to do with the other
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amother
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Tue, Oct 10 2023, 10:56 pm
I read this already but it’s not clear how is chava a derivative of Chaya???
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amother
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Tue, Oct 10 2023, 11:30 pm
Literal translation of chava means "to breathe".
Name is known as mother of mankind.
If you're comparing Chava and Chaya, both names, both meanings, symbolize life.
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amother
DarkOrange
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Tue, Oct 10 2023, 11:33 pm
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Onklus translates it as communicator/relationship builder of mankind
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amother
Diamond
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Tue, Oct 10 2023, 11:41 pm
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Vavs and yuds were shifted in and swapped in Semitic languages, so the shoresh would mean the same thing whether there was a yud or vav.
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Wed, Oct 11 2023, 12:02 am
: Heb. חַוָּה. This coincides with the expression of חַיָה, living, because she gives life to her offspring, as you say, (Ecc. 2:22):“For what does a man have (הֹוֶה) ?” with the expression“being” (הֹוֶה) . [I.e., The “vav” and the “yud” are interchangeable.]
Rashi on this posuk,
וַיִּקְרָ֧א הָֽאָדָ֛ם שֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתֹּ֖ו חַוָּ֑ה כִּ֛י הִ֥וא הָֽיְתָ֖ה אֵ֥ם כָּל־חָֽי
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