hawwā הַוָּה ‘desire’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: from hāwāʾ הָוָא ‘to fall / to be’ ( in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon, by implication of falling )
Roots: הוא הוה

hawwā n, f
1) desire
 1a) desire (in bad sense)
2) chasm (fig. of destruction)
 2a) engulfing ruin, destruction, calamity