H1933B

הָוָה

ha.vahH:V

to be

1) Qal) 1a) to be, become, exist, happen Aramaic equivalent: ha.va (הֲוָא "to be" H1934)

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

הָוָא verb fall (Arabic 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].

[הָוָה] verb become (Arabic to fall (see הָוָא), also to gape or yawn, and to desire (compare הַוָּה): compare Fl^{De Job 6:2}; Aramaic הֲוָא, 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 Kö^{p. 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.

3 occurrences

Genesis (1), Nehemiah (1), Ecclesiastes (1)