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title: הֹוָה — ruin · The Tanakh dictionary
description: הֹוָה (1943), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: ruin. BDB 1906: n.f. ruin, disaster. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# הֹוָה

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«הֹוָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ruin** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 1943 · **BDB:** הֹוָה

### Glosses

disaster (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ruin [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1943/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. ruin, disaster [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1943/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. ruin, disaster (cf. sub הַוָּה) Ez 7:26(×2) הֹוָה עַל הֹוָה תָבוֹא disaster shall come upon disaster, Is 47:11 וְתִפֹּל עָלַיִךְ הֹוָה disaster shall fall upon thee (‖ רָעָה, שֹׁאָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «הֹוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1492/1943/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 7:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.7.26/)

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הֹוָ֤ה עַל־הֹוָה֙ תָּב֔וֹא וּשְׁמֻעָ֥ה אֶל־שְׁמוּעָ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶ֑ה וּבִקְשׁ֤וּ חָזוֹן֙ מִנָּבִ֔יא וְתוֹרָה֙ תֹּאבַ֣ד מִכֹּהֵ֔ן וְעֵצָ֖ה מִזְּקֵנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* disaster to disaster it.will.come and report to report it.will.be and they.will.seek a.vision from a.prophet and instruction it.will.be.lost from.\[the\] priest and counsel from elders

*JPS 1917:* Calamity shall come upon calamity, and rumour shall be upon rumour; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet, and instruction shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

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[Isaiah 47:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.11/)

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וּבָ֧א עָלַ֣יִךְ רָעָ֗ה לֹ֤א תֵדְעִי֙ שַׁחְרָ֔הּ וְתִפֹּ֤ל עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ הֹוָ֔ה לֹ֥א תוּכְלִ֖י כַּפְּרָ֑הּ וְתָבֹ֨א עָלַ֧יִךְ פִּתְאֹ֛ם שׁוֹאָ֖ה לֹ֥א תֵדָֽעִי׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.come on you calamity \[which\].not you.will.know to charm.it.away and it.will.fall on you disaster \[which\].not you.will.be.able to cover.it and it.will.come on you suddenly devastation \[which\].not you.will.know

*JPS 1917:* Yet shall evil came upon thee; thou shalt not know how to charm it away; and calamity shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away; and ruin shall come upon thee suddenly, before thou knowest.

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