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hāwāʾ הָוָאAto fall, Bto be’ (Aramaic)

Etymology?: a primitive root, compare ʾāwā אָוָה ‘to desire’, hāyā הָיָה ‘to be’
Variants: הָוָא, הָוָה

hāwāʾ v
A1) Qal)
 1a) to fall
B1) Qal)
 1a) to be, become, exist, happen

Mentioned in Genesis 27:29 Isaiah 16:4 Job 37:6 Ecclesiastes 2:22, 11:3 Nehemiah 6:6

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