H1933b H1933b
to become, be, come to pass; a rare poetic synonym of hayah
A rare verb functioning as a poetic synonym of the common hayah ('to be, become'). In Genesis 27:29, Isaac commands Jacob to 'become lord to your brothers.' Isaiah 16:4 uses the feminine imperative in an appeal for Moab to provide shelter, possibly imitating Moabite dialect. Ecclesiastes employs the participle (2:22) and imperfect (11:3) in reflections on what comes to pass. Nehemiah 6:6 quotes a rumor about what someone is 'becoming.' The Aramaic cognate became the standard word for 'to be.'
Senses
1. sense 1 — To become, to be, to come to pass — a rare Hebrew verb cognate with the common Aramaic hawa. Genesis 27:29 uses the imperative in Isaac's blessing: 'be lord to your brothers' (Spanish 'sé,' French 'sois'). Isaiah 16:4 employs the feminine imperative hevi in a plea for shelter, perhaps reflecting Moabite coloring. Ecclesiastes uses the participle (2:22, 'what is becoming of') and the apocopated imperfect (11:3, 'there it shall be'). Its rarity in Hebrew contrasts with its dominance in Aramaic, where it replaced hayah entirely. 5×
AR["صائِرٌ", "كُنْ", "كُونِي-", "يَكُونُ", "يِهُوء"]·ben["তা-থাকবে", "হও", "হও-", "হচ্ছ", "হয়"]·DE["[הוה]", "[הוי]", "[יהוא]", "sei"]·EN["are-becoming", "be", "be-", "is", "it-will-be"]·FR["[הוה]", "[הוי]", "être"]·heb["הוה", "הווה", "היי", "יהוא"]·HI["रहेगा", "हो", "हो-", "होता-है"]·ID["ada", "jadilah", "jadilah-", "menjadi"]·IT["[הוה]", "[הוי]", "essere", "esso-will-essere", "è"]·jav["dados", "dadosa", "dadosa-", "tetep", "wonten"]·KO["되고-있다", "되라", "되라-", "있는가", "있을-것이다-그것이"]·PT["estará", "há", "sê", "sê-", "tornando-te"]·RU["будет-оно.", "будь", "будь-", "есть", "становишься"]·ES["estará", "serás", "sé", "sé-", "tiene"]·SW["anachopata", "kuwa", "unakuwa", "utalala", "uwe"]·TR["Ol", "ol-", "olacak-o", "oluyorsun", "var"]·urd["رہے-گا", "ہو", "ہوتا-ہے", "ہونے-والا-ہے"]
Related Senses
H1961 1. be, exist, was (Qal copular/existential) (3505×)G1510 1. copulative, linking predication (2095×)G1096 1. become, change state (421×)G1096 2. happen, occur, take place (158×)G1510 2. participial, being (circumstantial/attributive) (157×)H3426 1. there is, there are (existence) (129×)G1510 3. infinitival, to be (128×)H1934 1. to be, exist (65×)H1961 2. become, come to be (Qal inchoative) (55×)G5225 1. to be, to exist (45×)H0194 1. (45×)G1096 3. come, arrive, appear (28×)G1096 4. let it be, may it be done (22×)H0383 1. there is/are, to exist (Aramaic existential particle) (19×)G1096 5. may it never be! (16×)G2673 1. abolish, bring to an end (16×)G1510 5. existential, there is/exists (15×)G5225 2. possessions, property, goods (14×)G1096 6. be, exist, find oneself (13×)H7136a 1. happen, occur, befall (12×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [הָוָה] vb. become (Arabic هَوَى to fall (v. הָוָא), also to gape or yawn, and to desire (cf. הַוָּה): cf. FlDe Jb 6:2; Aramaic הֲוָא, ܗܘܳܐ the usual word for to be (prob. orig. to fall out, accidit, hence come to pass, come to be, γίγνεσθαι), Mish. id. very common) a rare syn. of הָיָה q.v.:— Qal Impf. apoc. יְהוּא Ec 11:3 (for יְהוּ with א otiosum; Ges§ 75 R. I 3 e Kön p. 597 f.; but Gr.…