Lexical Definition

‎הָוָא‎ hâvâʼ (haw-vaw') to fall ^H:V
or הָוָה hâvâh (haw-vaw'); a primitive root (compare ‎אָוָה‎, ‎הָיָה‎) supposed to mean properly, to breathe

be, [idiom] have.

• to be (in the sense of existence)

1) Qal)
1a) to fall
1b) to be, become, exist, happen

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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.

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