Strong's Lexicon: H1942 הַוָּה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1942
Word:	הַוָּה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H1933 (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon, by implication of falling)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	16
Transliteration:	havvah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	hav-vaw'
Meaning:	1. desire 2. (also) ruin
KJV Renderings:	calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

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הַוָּה noun

1. desire;

2. chasm, figurative destruction (compare [untranscribed source text 1269] desire, [untranscribed source text 1270] atmosphere, emptiness, [untranscribed source text 1271] a deep pit, hell (compare below הָוָה); Aramaic [untranscribed source text 1272] gulf, chasm (Luke 16:26 ᵑ6 )) construct הַוַּת Mic 7:3 +, suffix הַוָּתִי Job 6:2 +, plural הַוּוֺת Ps 5:10 +; —

1. desire (in bad sense) Mic 7:3 דֹּבֵר הַוַּת נַפְשׁוֺ speaketh the desire of his soul, Prov 10:3 הַוַּת רְשָׁעִים, Prov 11:6 בֹּגְדִים ׳ ה, Ps 52:9 יָעֹז בְּהַוָּתוֺ became strong through his (evil) desire (but read rather with ᵑ6 ᵑ7 Lag Gr Bi Che Now ׃ בְּהוֺנוֺ || בְּעָשְׁרוֺ).

2. engulfing ruin, destruction Job 6:2 Qr Job 30:13 (compare Baer's note) הַוָּתִי of Job's great calamity; plural (intensive) הַוּוֺת, especially as wrought, or meditated, by one against another, Ps 5:10 קִרְבָּם הַוּוֺת their inward part is engulfing ruin (Che), Ps 38:13 דִּבְּרוּ הַוּוֺת, Ps 52:4 תַּחֲשֹׁב ׳ ה לְשׁוֺנְךָ (compare Prov 17:4 לְשׁוֺן הַוּוֺת), Prov 55:12 בְּקִרְבָּהּ ׳ ה, Prov 57:2 ׳ עַד יַעֲבֹר ה till the storm of ruin ( Che) pass by, Prov 91:3 ׳ דֶּבֶר ה destructive pestilence, Prov 94:20 ׳ כִּסֵּא ה the seat (tribunal) of destruction (i.e. which ruins the innocent by injustice), Prov 19:13 a foolish son is הַוּוֺת לְאָבָיו, Job 6:30 (compare Job 6:2 above)

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

הוה (hav-vah’)

Job 6:2

KJV: Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!laid: Heb. lifted up

EHCC: and my calaynity laid in the

Job 30:13

KJV: They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

EHCC: they set forward my calamity,

Psalms 5:9

KJV: For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.faithfulness: or, stedfastnesstheir mouth: Heb. his mouth, that is, the mouth of any of themvery…: Heb. wickednesses

EHCC: (10). their inward part (is) very wickedness ;

Psalms 57:1

KJV: To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.Al–taschith: or, Destroy notMichtam: or, A golden Psalm

EHCC: (2). until (these) calamities be overpast.

Psalms 91:3

KJV: Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.

EHCC: from the xoisome pestilence.

Psalms 94:20

KJV: Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

EHCC: Shall the throne of iniquity have

Psalms 19:18

EHCC: 8 foolish son (is) the ‘calmity -

Micah 7:3

KJV: That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.his…: Heb. the mischief of his soul

EHCC: he uttereth his mischievous desire: (marg.

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