Hebat
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The mother goddess of the Hurrians. Hebat, known as "the mother of all living", was the consort of Teshub and the mother of Sarruma.
The name can be transliterated in different versions; Hebat with the ending -t is primarily the Syrian, and Ugaritic, version. The name written in cuneiform script allows the name to be pronounced with either /b/ or /p/, though in the Hurrian language Hepa is the most likely pronunciation. The sound /h/ in cuneiform is in the modern literature sometimes transliterred as kh.
Hebat was venerated all over the ancient Near East. Her name appears in many personal names. A king of Jerusalem mentioned in the Amarna letters was named Abdi-Heba or Abd-Hebat, possibly meaning "Servant of Hebat".
The mother goddess is likely to have had a later counterpart in the Phrygian goddess Cybele.
It has been suggested that the phonetic shift of B -> V, Heba became the Hebrew Heva, who appears in Genesis as Eve.
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