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qāwā קָוָהAto await, Bto collect’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root
Variants: קָוָה, קָוָה

qāwā v
A1) to wait, look for, hope, expect
 1a) (Qal) waiting (participle)
 1b) (Piel)
  1b1) to wait or look eagerly for
  1b2) to lie in wait for
  1b3) to wait for, linger for
B1) to collect, bind together
 1a) (Niphal) to be collected

Mentioned in Genesis 1:9, 49:18 Isaiah 40:31, 59:9, 51:5, 60:9, 59:11, 5:7, 25:9, 49:23, 26:8, 33:2, 5:2, 8:17, 64:2, 5:4 Jeremiah 13:16, 3:17, 8:15, 14:19, 14:22 Hosea 12:7 Micah 5:6 Psalms 119:95, 39:8, 69:7, 69:21, 27:14, 37:34, 40:2, 25:5, 37:9, 56:7, 25:3, 130:5, 52:11, 25:21 Proverbs 20:22 Job 3:9, 30:26, 17:13, 6:19, 7:2 Lamentations 2:16, 3:25

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