Word

הָוָא

hâvâʼ · H1933 · Hebrew · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

become

To come to be

Examples
Genesis 27:29 May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be master of your brothers, And may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, And blessed be those who bless you.”
Nehemiah 6:6 In it was written: “It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says, that you and the Jews intend to rebel; for that reason you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports.
fall

To descend or come down

Job 37:6 — “For to the snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ And to the downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

6 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 3
מָהwhat?, why? 1
אַתָּהyou 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

גְּבִירlord 1
סֵתֶרsecret, hiding place 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 6 groups

לto/for+ הֶםthem 2
מִןfrom+ פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
כlike/as+ דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
לto/for+ אָדָםhuman, humankind, human being(s) 1
לto/for+ אָחbrother 1
לto/for+ מֶלֶךְking 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

שָׁםthere 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

אָמַרto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Word family 6 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

הָיָה hâyâh · H1961 · to be, to become, to serve as · 3561×הָוָא hâvâʼ · H1934 · to be, to become · 71×הַוָּה havvâh · H1942 · desire, interests, disaster · 16×הָוָאhâvâʼ · H1933הֹוָה hôvâh · H1943 · disaster · 3×הַיָּה hayâh · H1962 · desire, interests, disaster · 0×

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1933. hava ' הָוָא verb fall (Arabic id. e.g. of a star Qor 53:1) — Qal Imperative Job…

H1933. hava
' 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. Psa 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 Ecc 11:3 (for יְהוּ with א otiosum; Ges§ 75 R I 3 e Köp. 597 f.; but Gr plausibly הוּא); Imperative masculine singular הֱוֵה Gen 27:29, feminine singular, הֱוִי Isa 16:4, Participle הֹוֶה Ecc 2:22; Neh 6:6 : — Gen 27:29 לְאַחֶיךָ גְבִיר הֱוֵה become lord to thy brethren, Isa 16:4 (perhaps in imitation of Moabite dialect) לָמוֺ סֵתֶר הֱוִי become thou (Zion) a defence to them, Ecc 2:22; Ecc 11:3; Neh 6:6.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0