absalom

One of the sons of King David who staged a coup to overthrow his father, but he was unsuccessful and later killed by David's general Joab. The name in Hebrew is Avshalom which means "Father of Peace."

"My son Absalom! O my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you! O Absalom, my son, my son!" 2 Sam 19:1b JPS

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pull

1) Exertion of force in order to bring an object nearer. Opposite of Push
2) Possessing the ability to have things accomplished by others in your favor
3) To remove merchandise from the selling floor
4) Controlled demolition

1) Pull this desk with me over here.
2) That man has a lot of pull in the company
3) Pull the shirt from the floor
4) We're going to pull building 6.

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chava

Chava (Eve) is the name of the wife of Adam in the book of Bereshit (Genesis). Her name is spelled "chet, vav, heh" in Hebrew. The root of her name is related to "life" (chet, yud, heh)

"V'haadam yada et chava vatahar vateled et qain vatomer qaniti ish et HaShem." Ber 4:1

"The man knew his wife Eve; she conceived, gave birth to Cain and said 'I have acquired a man from the L-RD". Gen 4:1

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