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הַוָּה

hav.vah · desire

Hebrew · Strong's H1942 · Noun · Sounds like: hav-vaw' · 16 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

from הָוָא (in the sense of eagerly coveting and rushing upon; by implication, of falling); desire; also ruin; calamity, iniquity, mischief, mischievous (thing), naughtiness, naughty, noisome, perverse thing, substance, very wickedness.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
הַוָּה n.f. 1. desire; 2. chasm, fig. destruction

Every occurrence

  1. Micah 7:3 הַוַּ֥ת ha.Vat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

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