קָוָה

vb. wait for (prob. orig. twist, stretch, then of tension of enduring, waiting: Assyrian ḳuʾû ii, i. wait, ḳû, cord; Arabic قَوِىَ be strong, قُوَّةٌ strength, also strand of rope; Syriac ܩܰܘܺܝ endure, remain, await, ܩ̈ܘܳܝܶܐ threads, so 𝔗 קַוִּין spider’s threads, web);— Pt. pl. those waiting for (י׳): cstr. קֹוֵי י׳ ψ 37:9; so Is 40:31 van d. H., and Kt Baer Gi (Qr קוֹיֵי); sf. קֹוָי֑ 49:23, קֹוֶיךָ ψ 25:3; 69:7; קֹוָיו La 3:25 Qr (Kt קוו, i.e. קֹווֹ). Pf. 3 fs. קִוְּתָה ψ 130:5; 1 s. קִוִּיתִי Gn 49:18 + 5 times, קִוֵּיתִי Is 5:4, וְק׳ consec. 8:17; sf. קִוִּיתִיךָ ψ 25:21; 3 pl. קִיּוּ ψ 56:7 +, etc.; Impf. יְקֵוֶּה Mi 5:6; Jb 7:2, juss. יְקַו Jb 3:9, וַיְקַו Is 5:2, 7, etc.; Imv. ms. קַוֵּה Ho 12:7 +; Inf. abs. קַוֹּה ψ 40:2, קַוֵּה Je 8:15; 14:19;— wait, or look eagerly, for, c. ל rei Is 5:7; 59:9, 11; Je 8:15, 13:16; 14:19; Jb 3:9; 6:19; לִישׁוּעָֽתְךָ Gn 49:18; c. acc. rei La 2:16 (sf.), Jb 7:2; 30:26 ψ 39:8; obj. rei om. Is 64:2; sq. inf. Is 5:2, 4 ψ 69:21; abs. Jb 17:13; c. acc. י׳ Is 26:8 (sf.), ψ 25:5, 21 (sf.), 40:2 (+ inf. abs.), 130:5, acc. om. v 5, acc. שִׁמְךָ ψ 52:11 (but read prob. אֲחַוֶּה, Hi Che Bae al., v. III. חוה); c. ל of י׳ Is 8:17; 25:9(×2); 33:2; 60:9 (but read prob. צִיִּים יִקָּווּ ships shall gather (II. קוה), so Du CheHpt Di-Kit Marti, cf. Skinner (also Luzz Gei Oort), Je 14:22; Pr 20:22; c. אֶל־אֱלֹהִים Ho 12:7, אֶל־י׳ Is 51:5 ψ 27:14(×2); 37:34. lie in wait for, sq. נַפְשִׁי ψ 56:7; sq. ל pers. ψ 119:95 (+ inf. purpose). wait (linger) for c. ל man Mi 5:6 (‖ יְיַחֵל).