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title: חוה — live · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חוה (lemma:חוה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 170 times: live. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חוה

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«חוה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **live** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 170 times · **Key:** lemma:חוה · **BDB:** חוה

### Glosses

he.bowed.down (43); they.bowed.down (29); bow.down (24)

### Meaning (OSHB)

live [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d5_5d4/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (Ph. חוא live = Heb. חָיָה q.v.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חוה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5d5_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 23:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.23.12/)

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וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִפְנֵ֖י עַ֥ם הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and he.bowed.down Abraham before the.people of the.land

*JPS 1917:* And Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.

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[Genesis 24:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.24.26/)

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וַיִּקֹּ֣ד הָאִ֔ישׁ וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.bowed.low the man and he.bowed.down to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* And the man bowed his head, and prostrated himself before the LORD.

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