Gen 3:20: the name Chavvah, "mother of all living"

Says וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה: "and the man called the name of his wife Chavvah." BDB lists the name as a woman's proper name, glossed "(life)." The reason follows: כִּי הִוא הָיְתָה אֵם כָּל־חָי, "because she was the mother of all living." The last word, חָי, "living," sounds like the name. The verb הָיְתָה is a Qal perfect (OSHB), which the BSB renders "she would be the mother of all the living." The naming comes after the sentence of death in 3:19. In 2:23 the man had called her "woman" (see note.language.Gen.2.5-Gen.2.25.adam-ha-adam). Swete translates the name: Ζωή, ὅτι αὕτη μήτηρ πάντων τῶν ζώντων.

Uncertain What the naming shows. (1) Hope: life after the sentence of death, with the "seed" of 3:15. Objection: the verse gives the reason as motherhood, not promise. (2) The man's rule over her (3:16), as in naming the animals (2:19–20). Objection: 2:23 already names her, and naming need not mean rule. (3) Only an explanation of the name. Objection: its place after 3:19 seems chosen. No lean is taken here, and no typology is drawn; see note.historical.Gen.3.1-Gen.3.24.early-readings-of-the-fall.