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title: הוה — come to pass · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: הוה (lemma:הוה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 71 times: come to pass. BDB 1906: vb. come to pass, become, be. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הוה

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«הוה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **come to pass** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 71 times · **Key:** lemma:הוה · **BDB:** הֲוָא

### Glosses

I.was (13); he.was (13); it.will.be (13)

### Meaning (OSHB)

come to pass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5d5_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. come to pass, become, be [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5d5_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. come to pass, become, be (BH הָיָה);— Pf. 3 ms. הֲוָה Dn 4:26 +, הֲוָא Dn 5:19 +; 3 fs. הֲוַת Dn 2:35 הֲוָת Dn 7:19; 2 ms. הֲוַיְתָ Dn 2:31, 34; 1 s. הֲוֵית 4:1 +; 3 mpl. הֲווֹ Dn 2:35 +; Impf. 3 ms. לֶהֱוֵא (K§ 47, 1) b) Dr§ 204 Obs. NöM215 ff.; cf.D§ 61, 1 c) Dn 2:20 +; 3 fs. תֶּהֱוֵה Dn 4:24 +, א—ֵ Ezr 6:8 +, 3 mpl. לֶהֱוֹן Ezr 6:10 + 6 times, 3 fpl. לֶהֶוְיָן Dn 5:17; Imv. mpl. הֱווֹ Ezr 4:22, הֲווֹ 6:6;— come to pass Dn 2:28, 29(×2), 45. come into being, arise Ezr 7:23; become, come to be, c.n.pred. Dn 4:24; 5:29 and (= represent) 7:23; c. כְּ like 2:35a, c. ל pred. v 35b, c. adj. pred. Ezr 6:6, c. adv. phr. 5:5 Dn 4:22; often periphrast., c. pt.: יְדִיעַ לה׳ let it become known 3:18 Ezr 4:12, 13; 5:8; so let it be given 6:8, 9, also 7:26 Dn 2:20. be, as copula, c. adj. pred. Dn 2:40, 42; 7:19; so very often in periphrast. conj. c. pt., ה׳ צָבֵא wish 5:19(×4), חָזֵה ה׳ behold 2:31, 34; 7:2, 4, 6 +, etc

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 33 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הוה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1492/lemma_3a_5d4_5d5_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 4:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.1/)

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אֲנָ֣ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר שְׁלֵ֤ה הֲוֵית֙ בְּבֵיתִ֔י וְרַעְנַ֖ן בְּהֵיכְלִֽי׃

*Word for word:* I Nebuchadnezzar at.ease I.was in house my and flourishing in palace my

*JPS 1917:* I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace.

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[Daniel 4:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.26/)

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לִקְצָ֥ת יַרְחִ֖ין תְּרֵֽי־עֲשַׂ֑ר עַל־הֵיכַ֧ל מַלְכוּתָ֛א דִּ֥י בָבֶ֖ל מְהַלֵּ֥ךְ הֲוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] end of.months two.plus ten on the.palace of the.kingdom (diy).of Babylon walking.about he.was

*JPS 1917:* At the end of twelve months he was walking upon the royal palace of Babylon.

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