הוה

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Aramaic

Verb

הֲוָה • (hăwā)

  1. Alternative spelling of הֲוָא (hăwā)

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Cognate with Aramaic הֲוָא (hăwā, “to be, to exist”).

According to Huehnergard (2011), from Proto-Semitic *hwy (“to fall, happen, be, become”)[1] and thus also cognate with Arabic هوى (hawā, “to fall, to descend”).

Root
ה־ו־ה (h-w-h)

Verb

הֱוֵה • (hĕwē) (pa'al construction)

  1. Alternative form of הֱיֵה (hĕyē): masculine singular imperative of הָיָה (hāyā)

Verb

הֹוֶה • (hōwe)

  1. defective spelling of הוֹוֶה (hōwe): masculine singular present participle and present tense of הָיָה (hāyā)

Etymology 2

Noun

הַוָּה • (hawwā) f

  1. defective spelling of הווה

Etymology 3

Root
ה־ו־ה (h-w-h)

Verb

הִוָּה • (hivá) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of היווה

References

  1. ^ Huehnergard, John (2011) “Proto-Semitic Language & Culture; Semitic Roots”, in American Heritage Dictionary‎, 5th edition, Appendix II: Semitic Roots, page 2074 of 2066-2078
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