הַוָּה

noun feminine 1. desire;

2. chasm, figurative destruction (compare desire, atmosphere, emptiness, a deep pit, hell (compare below הָוָה); Aramaic gulf, chasm (Luk 16,26 ᵑ6)) construct הַוַּת Mik 7,3 +, suffix הַוָּתִי Job 6,2 +, plural הַוּוֺת Sl 5,10 +; —

1. desire (in bad sense) Mik 7,3 דֹּבֵר הַוַּת נַפְשׁוֺ speaketh the desire of his soul, Ord 10,3 הַוַּת רְשָׁעִים, Ord 11,6 בֹּגְדִים ׳ה, Sl 52,9 יָעֹז בְּהַוָּתוֺ became strong through his (evil) desire (but read rather with ᵑ6 ᵑ7 Lag Gr Bi Che Now ׃ בְּהוֺנוֺ || בְּעָשְׁרוֺ).

2. engulfing ruin, destruction Job 6,2 Qr Job 30,13 (compare Baer's note) הַוָּתִי of Job's great calamity; plural (intensive) הַוּוֺת, especially as wrought, or meditated, by one against another, Sl 5,10 קִרְבָּם הַוּוֺת their inward part is engulfing ruin (Che), Sl 38,13 דִּבְּרוּ הַוּוֺת, Sl 52,4 תַּחֲשֹׁב ׳ה לְשׁוֺנְךָ (compare Ord 17,4 לְשׁוֺן הַוּוֺת), Ord 55,12 בְּקִרְבָּהּ ׳ה, Ord 57,2 ׳עַד יַעֲבֹר ה till the storm of ruin (Che) pass by, Ord 91,3 ׳דֶּבֶר ה destructive pestilence, Ord 94,20 ׳כִּסֵּא ה the seat (tribunal) of destruction (i.e. which ruins the innocent by injustice), Ord 19,13 a foolish son is הַוּוֺת לְאָבָיו, Job 6,30 (compare vJob 6,2 above)