Hâvâʼ — H1933

Definition

verb

to be (in the sense of existence)

1. Qal)
1. to fall
2. to be, become, exist, happen

Usually translated as

be, have

Origin

or hâvâh; a primitive root (compare H183, H1961) supposed to mean properly, to breathe

• ʼâvâh (H183)
• Hâyâh (H1961)

Occurrences

Hâvâʼ occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (1)

• Genesis 27:29 — Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be (הֱוֵ֤ה) lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
• Nehemiah 6:6 — Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be (הֹוֶ֤ה) their king, according to these words.
• Job 37:6 — For he saith to the snow, Be (הֱוֵ֫א) thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
• Ecclesiastes 2:22 — For what hath (הֹוֶ֤ה) man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
• Ecclesiastes 11:3 — If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it (יְהֽוּא) shall be.
• Isaiah 16:4 — Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be (הֱוִי) thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.