הַוָּה (hawwâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning desire. It appears 16 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H1942).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 483a)

Root family 483: הָוָה hāwâ — I, fall. (ASV, RSV. So KJV, by confusion with hāwâ II see below, renders the verb as “be.”)

• הֹוָה hōwâ — ruin
• הַיָּה hayyâ — destruction

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