הַוָּה

noun feminine 1. desire;

2. chasm, figurative destruction (compare desire, atmosphere, emptiness, a deep pit, hell (compare below הָוָה); Aramaic 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 vJob 6:2 above)