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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]הַ־ (há-, “the”) + בָּא (bá, “comes”)
Noun
[edit]הַבָּא • (habá) m (plural indefinite הַבָּאִים, no construct forms, feminine counterpart הַבָּאָה) (definite)
- He who or that which is arriving: singular definite form of בָּא (bá).
- ברוך הבא
- barúch habá
- Welcome! [literally blessed is he who is arriving]
Adjective
[edit]הַבָּא • (habá) (feminine הַבָּאָה, masculine plural הַבָּאִים, feminine plural הַבָּאוֹת) (definite)
- Next; the one after the current; to come.
- שבוע הבא
- shavúa habá
- next week [literally week that comes]
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]הָבֵא • (havé)
- Masculine singular imperative of הֵבִיא (heví).
- Tanach, Exodus 4:6, with translation of the King James Version:
- הָבֵא נָא יָדְךָ בְּחֵיקֶךָ
- havé ná yad'chá b'chekécha
- Put now thine hand into thy bosom