הוה
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Aramaic
[edit]Verb
[edit]הֲוָה • (hăwā)
- Alternative spelling of הֲוָא (hăwā)
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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”).
Verb
[edit]הֱוֵה • (hĕwē)
- Alternative form of הֱיֵה (hĕyē): masculine singular imperative of הָיָה (hāyā)
Verb
[edit]הֹוֶה • (hōwe)
- defective spelling of הוֹוֶה (hōwe): masculine singular present participle and present tense of הָיָה (hāyā)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]הַוָּה • (hawwā) f
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]הִוָּה • (hivá) (pi'el construction)
References
[edit]- ^ Huehnergard, John (2011) “Proto-Semitic Language & Culture; Semitic Roots”, in American Heritage Dictionary[1], 5th edition, Appendix II: Semitic Roots, page 2074 of 2066-2078