- Original: הוה הוא - Transliteration: Hava' - Phonetic: haw-vaw' - Definition: 1. Qal) a. to fall b. to be, become, exist, happen - Origin: a primitive root [compare H183 , H1961 ] - TWOT entry: 484,491 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root (compare H183 H1961 ) supposed to mean properly to breathe; to be (in the sense of existence): - be X have. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • be, 4 Genesis 27:29; Nehemiah 6:6; Job 37:6; Isaiah 16:4 • hath, 1 Ecclesiastes 2:22 • it, 1 Ecclesiastes 11:3