Lexical Definition

‎קָוָה‎ qâvâh (kaw-vaw') to await ^H:V
a primitive root

gather (together), look, patiently, tarry, wait (for, on, upon).

• to bind together (perhaps by twisting), i.e. collect
• (figuratively) to expect

1) to wait, look for, hope, expect
1a) (Qal) waiting (participle)
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to wait or look eagerly for
1b2) to lie in wait for
1b3) to wait for, linger for
2) to collect, bind together
2a) (Niphal) to be collected

See Greek: ἀναμένω · ἐγγίζω · ἐλπίζω · ἐπέχω · μένω · πείθω · περιμένω · προσδοκάω · συνάγω · ὑπομένω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎קָוָה‎] verb wait for (probably originally twist, stretch, then of tension of enduring, waiting: Assyrian ‡ûû II, I. wait, ‡û, cord; Arabic be strong, strength, also strand of rope; Syriac endure, remain, await, threads, so ᵑ7 ‎קַוִּין‎ spider's threads, web); —

Qal Participle plural those waiting for (‎׳‎‎י‎): construct ‎׳‎‎קוֵי י‎ Ps 37:9 so Isa 40:31 van d. H., and Kt Baer Gi (Qr ‎קוֺיֵי‎); suffix ‎קִוָ֑י‎ Isa 49:23, ‎קֹוֶיךָ‎ Ps 25:3; Ps 69:7* ‎קִוָיו‎ Lam 3:35 Qr (Kt ‎קוו‎, i.e. ‎קֹווֺ‎). Pi`el Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎קִוְּתָה‎ Ps 130:5 1 singular ‎קִוִּיתִי‎ Gen 49:18 + 5 t., ‎קִוֵּיתִי‎ Isa 5:4, ‎׳‎‎וְק‎ consecutive Isa 8:17 suffix ‎קִוִּיתִיךָ‎ Ps 25:21 3 plural ‎קִוּוּ‎ Ps 56:7* +, etc.; Imperfect ‎יְקַוֶּה‎ Mic 5:6*; Job 7:2, jussive ‎יְקַו‎ Job 3:9, ‎וַיְקַו‎ Isa 5:2; Isa 5:7, etc.; Imperative masculine singular ‎קַוֵּה‎ Hos 12:7* +; Infinitive absolute ‎קַוֺה‎ Ps 40:2*, ‎קַוֵּה‎ Jer 8:15; Jer 14:19 —

1. wait, or look eagerly, for, with ‎ל‎ of thing Isa 5:7; Isa 59:9; Isa 59:11; Jer 8:15; Jer 13:16; Jer 14:19; Job 3:9; Job 6:19 ‎לִישׁוּעָֽתְךָ‎ Gen 49:18 with accusative of thing Lam 2:16 (suffix), Job 7:2; Job 30:26; Ps 39:8* object of thing omitted Isa 64:2* followed by infinitive Isa 5:2; Isa 5:4; Ps 69:21* absolute Job 17:13 with accusative ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 26:8 (suffix), Ps 25:5; Ps 25:21 (suffix), Ps 40:2* (+ infinitive absolute), Ps 130:5, accusative omitted vPs 130:5, accusative ‎שִׁמְךָ‎ Ps 52:11* (but read probably ‎אֲחַוֶּה‎, Hi Che Bae and others, see ‎חוה‎); with ‎ל‎ of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 8:17; Isa 25:9 (twice in verse); Isa 33:2; Isa 60:9 (but read probably ‎צִיִּים יִקָּווּ‎ ships shall gather (II. ‎קוה‎), so Du Che^Hpt Di-Kit Marti, compare Skinner (also Luzz Gei Oort), Jer 14:22; Prov 20:22 with ‎אֶלאֱֿלֹהִים‎ Hos 12:7*, ‎׳‎‎אֶליֿ‎ Isa 51:5; Ps 27:14 (twice in verse); Ps 37:34.

2. lie in wait for, followed by ‎נַפְשִׁי‎ Ps 56:7* followed by ‎ל‎ person Ps 119:95 (+ infinitive purpose).

3. wait (linger) for with ‎ל‎ of man Mic 5:6* (|| ‎יְיַחֵל‎).

II. [‎קָוָה‎] verb collect (Late Hebrew Hiph`il collect); —

Niph`al be collected, Perfect 3 plural ‎וְנִקְווּ‎ consecutive Jer 3:17 (of nations); Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִקָּווּ‎ Gen 1:9 (P; of waters; both with ‎אֶל‎ location); so probably of ships (with ‎ל‎ person) Isa 60:9 (for ᵑ0 ‎יְקַוּוּ‎), see I. ‎קזה‎

Pi`el 1.

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