1933. hava'
Strong's Concordance
hava': breathe
Original Word: הָוָה
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: hava'
Phonetic Spelling: (haw-vaw')
Short Definition: breathe
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].

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 FlDe 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 Köp. 597 f.; 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to breathe; to be

Or havah {haw-vaw'}; a primitive root (compare 'avah, hayah) supposed to mean properly, to breathe; to be (in the sense of existence) -- be, X have.

see HEBREW 'avah

see HEBREW hayah

Forms and Transliterations
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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6 Occurrences


hĕ·wê — 1 Occ.
hĕ·wêh — 1 Occ.
hĕ·wî- — 1 Occ.
hō·weh — 2 Occ.
yə·hū — 1 Occ.

Genesis 27:29
HEB: לְךָ֙ לְאֻמִּ֔ים הֱוֵ֤ה גְבִיר֙ לְאַחֶ֔יךָ
KJV: bow down to thee: be lord
INT: bow and nations be to you be master of your brothers

Nehemiah 6:6
HEB: הַחוֹמָ֑ה וְאַתָּ֗ה הֹוֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לְמֶ֔לֶךְ
KJV: the wall, that thou mayest be their king,
INT: the wall you be are to be their king reports

Job 37:6
HEB: לַשֶּׁ֨לַג ׀ יֹאמַ֗ר הֱוֵ֫א אָ֥רֶץ וְגֶ֥שֶׁם
NAS: He says, 'Fall on the earth,'
KJV: to the snow, Be thou [on] the earth;
INT: to the snow says Fall the earth rain

Ecclesiastes 2:22
HEB: כִּ֠י מֶֽה־ הֹוֶ֤ה לָֽאָדָם֙ בְּכָל־
NAS: does a man get in all
KJV: For what hath man of all his labour,
INT: For what get A man all

Ecclesiastes 11:3
HEB: הָעֵ֖ץ שָׁ֥ם יְהֽוּא׃
KJV: falleth, there it shall be.
INT: the tree there shall be

Isaiah 16:4
HEB: נִדָּחַ֔י מוֹאָ֛ב הֱוִי־ סֵ֥תֶר לָ֖מוֹ
KJV: with thee, Moab; be thou a covert
INT: the outcasts of Moab be hiding the face

6 Occurrences

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