חַוָּה
chavvâh · khav-vaw'
by implication, an encampment or village
Lexicon
Derivation: properly, the same as H2332 (חַוָּה) (lifegiving, i.e. living-place);
by implication, an encampment or village
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (small) town.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חַוָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 3 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the small towns1 · 25%
- and all the towns1 · 25%
- to him pertained the towns1 · 25%
- with the towns1 · 25%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.