the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Strong's #1933 - הָוָא
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- to fall
- to be, become, exist, happen
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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)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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.
