הָוָא hâvâʼ — to be (in the sense of existence)
Translated in the KJV as be, × have.
or הָוָה; a primitive root (compare H183, H1961) supposed to mean properly, to breathe; to be (in the sense of existence).
hâvâʼ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperative 3Participle (active) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words.
For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›