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2 Samuel 1:12

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12 Und trugen Leid und weineten und fasteten bis an den Abend über Saul und Jonathan, seinen Sohn, und über das Volk des HERRN und über das Haus Israels, daß sie durchs Schwert gefallen waren.

Commentary

 

Eve

  
The Creation of Eve, as depicted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, part of Michelangelo’s masterpiece.

The name 'Eve' comes from the Hebrew word חַוָּה or 'Chava,' a form of the word for life, which is why she is called 'the mother of all living.' She represents the church, and is called 'mother' because this was the first Church of all, and 'living' because of its faith in the Lord, who is life itself.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 287-291, Genesis 3:20)