הָוָאhâvâʼ

Meanings

Same root

• אָוָהʼâvâh · H183to wish for
• הָיָהhâyâh · H1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
• הָוָאhâvâʼ · H1934to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words)
• הַוָּהhavvâh · H1942by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• Genesis 27:29 May many nations become your servants, and may they bow down to you. May you be the master over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. All who curse you will be cursed, and all who bless you will be blessed.”
• Nehemiah 6:6 and this is what it said: “There is a rumor among the surrounding nations, and Geshem tells me it is true, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel and that is why you are building the wall. According to his reports, you plan to be their king.
• Job 37:6 “He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down.
• Ecclesiastes 2:22 So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety?
• Ecclesiastes 11:3 When clouds are heavy, the rains come down. Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls.
• Isaiah 16:4 Let our refugees stay among you. Hide them from our enemies until the terror is past.” When oppression and destruction have ended and enemy raiders have disappeared,