Lexicon hava or havah: to become, come to pass, be Original Word: הֲוָאPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hava or havah Phonetic Spelling: (hav-aw') Short Definition: kept NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin(Aramaic) corresponding to havahDefinitionto become, come to pass, be NASB Translationbecame (2), beware (1), continued (1), had (1), have (1), judge* (1), kept (8), ruled (1), take place (4).
Brown-Driver-Briggs הֲוָא, הֲוָּה71 verb come to pass, become, be (Biblical Hebrew הָיָה); — Pe`al Perfect3masculine singular הֲוָה Daniel 4:26 +, הֲוָא Daniel 5:19 +; 2 masculine singular הֲוַיְתָ Daniel 2:31,34, 1singular הֲוֵית Daniel 4:1 +; 3 masculine plural הֲווֺ Daniel 2:35 +; Imperfect3masculine singular לֶהֱוֵא (K§ 47, l) b) Dr§ 204 Obs. NöM 215 ff.; in Jewish-Aramaic as jussive D§ 61, lc) Daniel 2:20 +; 3 feminine singular תֶּהֱוֵה Daniel 4:24 +, אֵ֯ Ezra 6:8 +, 3 masculine plural לֶהֱוֺן Ezra 6:10 6t., 3 feminine plural לֶהֶוְיָן Daniel 5:17; Imperative masculine plural הֱווֺ Ezra 4:22, הֲזוֺ Ezra 6:6; — 1 come to pass Daniel 2:28,29 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:45. 2 come into being, arise Ezra 7:23; become, come to be, with predicate noun Daniel 4:24; Daniel 5:29 and ( = represent) Daniel 7:23; with כְּ like Daniel 2:35 a, with ל predicate Daniel 2:35 b, with adjective predicate Ezra 6:6, with adverb phrase Ezra 5:5; Daniel 4:22; often periphrastic, with participle: ׳יְדִיעַ לה let become known Daniel 3:18; Ezra 4:12,13; Ezra 5:8; let it be given Ezra 6:8,9, also Ezra 7:26; Daniel 2:20. 3 be, as copula, with adjective predication Daniel 2:40,42; Daniel 7:19; so very often in periphrastic conjugation with participle, צָבֵא ׳ה wish Daniel 5:19 (4 t. in verse), ׳חָזֵה ה behold Daniel 2:31,34; Daniel 7:2,4,6 +, etc.
Strong's become, behold, came to pass, cease, cleave, consider, do, (Aramaic) orhavah (Aramaic) {hav-aw'}; corresponding to hava'; to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words) -- be, become, + behold, + came (to pass), + cease, + cleave, + consider, + do, + give, + have, + judge, + keep, + labour, + mingle (self), + put, + see, + seek, + set, + slay, + take heed, tremble, + walk, + would. see HEBREW hava' |