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Strong's #1933 - הָוָא

Transliteration
hâvâʼ
Phonetics
haw-vaw', haw-vaw'
Origin
a primitive root [compare (H183), (H1961)]
Parts of Speech
verb
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

  1. Qal)
    1. to fall
    2. to be, become, exist, happen

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
ASV (6)
Genesis 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 1
BSB (6)
Genesis 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 1
CSB (4)
Genesis 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 1
ESV (5)
Genesis 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 1
Ecclesiastes 2
KJV (6)
Genesis 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 1
LEB (6)
Genesis 1
Nehemiah 1
Job 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 1
LSB (0)
The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
N95 (0)
The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number
NAS (0)
The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (7)
Genesis 1
Nehemiah 2
Job 1
Ecclesiastes 2
Isaiah 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1097) ee (הה HH) AC: Breathe CO: Breath AB: Exist: The pictograph e represents one who is looking at a great sight with his hands raised and taking a long breath. The pictograph e represents one who is looking at a great sight with his hands raised and taking a long breath.

A) ee (הה HH) AC: ? CO: Breath AB: ?

Nm ) ee (הה HH) - Woe: A heavy breath. KJV (1): woe - Strongs: H1929 (הָהּ)

J) efe (הוה HWH) AC: Exist CO: Breath AB: ?

V) ee (הוה HWH) - Exist: To exist or have breath. That which exists has breath. In Hebrew thought the breath is the character of someone or something. Just as a man has character, so do objects. [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (75): (vf: Paal) be, hath, was - Strongs: H1933 (הָוָא), H1934 (הָוָא)

M) eie (היה HYH) AC: Exist CO: Breath AB: ?

V) eie (היה HYH) - Exist: To exist or have breath. That which exists has breath. In Hebrew thought the breath is the character of someone or something. Just as a man has character, so do objects. [A generic verb with a wide application meaning to exist or be] KJV (74): (vf: Paal, Niphal) was, come to pass, came, been, happened, become, pertained, better for thee - Strongs: H1961 (הָיָה)

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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 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].

הוד (√ of following; De Job 39:20 compare Bedouin crash, roar, resonance; 'weithin hallende Selbstverkündigung' Id. Psalm 8:6; but ordinarily means be Gentle, quiet, especially in speech).

[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 Ecclesiastes 11:3 (for יְהוּ with א otiosum; Ges§ 75 R I:3 e Kö p. 597f.; but Gr plausibly הוּא); Imperative masculine singular הֱוֵה Genesis 27:29, feminine singular, הֱוִי Isaiah 16:4, Participle הֹוֶה Ecclesiastes 2:22; Nehemiah 6:6 : — Genesis 27:29 הֱוֵה גְבִיר לְאַחֶיךָ become lord to thy brethren, Isaiah 16:4 (perhaps in imitation of Moabite dialect) הֱוִי סֵתֶר לָמוֺ become thou (Zion) a defence to them, Ecclesiastes 2:22; Ecclesiastes 11:3; Nehemiah 6:6.


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List of Word Forms
הֱוִי־ הֱוֵ֤ה הֱוֵ֫א הֹוֶ֤ה הוא הוה הוי־ יְהֽוּא׃ יהוא׃ hĕ·wê hĕ·wêh hĕ·wî- heVe heVeh hevi hĕwê hĕwêh hĕwî- hō·weh hoVeh hōweh yə·hū yeHu yəhū
 
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