BDB2088
הָוָא verb fall (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1264] id. e.g. of a star Qor 53:1) —
Qal
Imperative
Job 37:6 for he
saith to the snow הֱוֵאאָֿ֑רֶץ
Fall earthwards (an Arabizing usage).
הובנים see [ הָבְנִי ].
Strong's Lexicon
H1933
H1933 — הָוָא הָוָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H1933 |
|---|---|
| Word: | הָוָא הָוָה |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Aramaic |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | hava |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | haw-vaw' (or havah {haw-vaw'}) v. |
| Meaning: | 1. supposed to mean properly, to breathe 2. to be (in the sense of existence) |
| KJV Renderings: | be, X have. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB2096
[הָוָה] verb become (Arabic [untranscribed source text 1267] to fall (see הָוָא ), also to gape or yawn, and to desire (compare הַוָּה): compare FlDe Job 6:2; Aramaic הֲוָא, [untranscribed source text 1268] the usual word for to be (probably originally to fall out, accidit, hence come to pass, come to be, γίγνεσθαι), Mishna id. very common) a rare synonym of הָיָה q. v. : —
Qal
Imperfect with apocope יְהוּא
Eccl 11:3 (for
יְהוּ with א
otiosum; Ges«GKC:75»§ 75 R I 3 e Köp. 597 f.; but Gr plausibly
הוּא); Imperative masculine singular הֱוֵה
Gen 27:29,
feminine singular, הֱוִי
Isa 16:4,
Participle
הֹוֶה
Eccl 2:22; Neh 6:6 : — Gen 27:29
הֱוֵה גְבִיר לְאַחֶיךָ
become lord to thy brethren, Isa 16:4 (perhaps in imitation of Moabite dialect) הֱוִי סֵתֶר
לָמוֺ
become thou (Zion) a defence to them, Eccl 2:22; Eccl 11:3; Neh 6:6.
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
הוה (hah-vah’)
Genesis 27:29
- KJV: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
- EHCC: be lord over thy brethren,
Job 37:6
- KJV: For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.likewise…: Heb. and to the shower of rain, and to the showers of rain of his strength
- EHCC: Be thou (on) the earth ;
Isaiah 16:4
- KJV: Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.extortioner: Heb. wringerthe oppressors: Heb. the treaders down
- EHCC: b¢ thou a covert to them
Ecclesiastes 11:8
- KJV: But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
- EHCC: where the tree falleth, there it shall .א
Nehemiah 6:6
- KJV: Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.Gashmu: also called, Geshem
- EHCC: that thou mayest be their king,
Ecclesiastes 2:22
- KJV: For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
- EHCC: what hath man of all his labour, (lit. !