Lexical Definition

‎הַוָּה‎ havvâh (hav-vaw') desire ^H:N-F
from ‎הָוָא‎ (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon

calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

• by implication, of falling)
• desire
• also ruin

1) desire
1a) desire (in bad sense)
2) chasm (fig. of destruction)
2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity

See Greek: ἀδικία · αἰσχύνη · ἀνομία · ἀσέβεια · ματαιότης · ὀδύνη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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)

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