Hebrew, Havah or Chavah. One of Adam's first wives.
There is some debate within Judaism as to who Adam's first wife was, Eve or Lilith. According to Genesis 2 Eve was created by YHVH by taking her from Adam's side. In some English translations, this is changed to “rib.”
In the Hebrew there is a difference between the creation of Adam and the creation of Eve. While Adam is created (Hebrew, yatzar, Genesis 2:7, meaning “fashioned”) similar to a potter, fashioning a vessel from clay. Eve is created (Hebrew, banah, Genesis 2:22, meaning “built”) as a divine creation. This term is used throughout the first chapters of Genesis. The Hebrew verb banah is from the word binah, “intelligence.” This suggests that from the beginning woman was endowed with a superior sense of wisdom, tying Eve to the Shekinah.
Eve is said to be the mother of all living. Seeing that Adam and Eve were the first humans that we are aware of that God worked with, it is unclear if this refers to her physically baring children, or spiritually introducing God and salvation to mankind.
See Adam, Man and Woman, Lilith.