the test ( נִסָּה ) 1 K 10:1 = 2 Ch 9: 1. 4. with הֵבִין skilled in double-dealing Dn 8:23 ( Bev ).

• II . [ חוּד S 2330 TWOT 616 GK 2554 ] vb. denom. propound a riddle ;— Qal Pf. 2 ms. חַדְתָּה Ju 14:1 6; Impf. אָח˜וּדָה Ju 14:1 2; Imv. ( חִידָה וּמְשֹׁל מָשָׁל ) חוּד Ez 17: 2; חוּ˜דָה Ju 14:1 3; always c. חידה acc. cogn.

חוה TWOT 617 ( ^Ph. חוא live = Heb. חָיָה q.v. )

• I . חַוָּה S 2332, 2333 TWOT 617a GK 2557, 2558 n.pr.f. ( ^{life, vid.} Di Gn 3:2 0; > We ^Prol. 1886, 322; Skizzen iii. 217 after Nö who suggests serpent as poss. meaning, cf. Arabic حَيَّةٌ ( ḥayyatun ); but RS ^{K 177} ‘mother of every ḥayy ,’ v. II . חַי sub

חיה ) — Gn 3:20 and the man called his wife חַוָּ˜ה , because she was אֵם כָּל־חָֽי׃ ; cf. ח׳ אִשְׁתֹּו 4:1 (both J ).— ^II. חַוָּה village , v. infr. sub ^II.

חוה .

• יחואל n.pr.m. 2 Ch 29:14 K t; Qr יְחִיאֵל q.v. sub חיה ^.

חוה TWOT 617 ( ^√ of foll.; Arabic حَوَى ^(ḥawā), collect, gather; ﻩِوَاءٌ ( hiwā˒un ) circle of tents cf. II . חַי sub חיה , Arabic حَىٌّ ( ḥayyun ) ) .

• II . [ חַוָּה S 2332, 2333 TWOT 617a GK 2557, 2558 ] n.f. tent-village — Pl. חַוֹּתֵיהֶם Nu 32:41 (JE), cf. D i. Elsewhere in cpd. appellative, almost = n.pr. חַוֹּת יָאִיר Dt 3:14 Jos 13:30 ( D ), Ju 10:4 1 K 4:13 1 Ch 2:2 3.— ^I. חַוָּה
n.pr.f. v. supr.

Heb. Hebrew. vid. vide , see. We J. Wellhousen, Prolegomena zur Geschichte Israels . RS W. Robertson Smith, Kinship & Marriage in Early Arabia; cpd. compound, compounded.

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