ha.vah expresses being, remaining, or holding a stated status, including commands to be something.

The attested uses express being in a place or status and commands to assume a stated role: the imperfect describes where a fallen tree will remain, participles occur in statements about a kingly status and a man's labor, and imperatives address someone as lord or as a hiding place.

1. Being, remaining, or assuming a stated status · dominant

   The Qal imperfect in Ecclesiastes 11:3 occurs in the statement that where a tree falls, “there it will be,” while the Qal active participle in Nehemiah 6:6 occurs with the report that the addressee is “to be their king.” Qal imperatives in Genesis 27:29 and Isaiah 16:4 direct the addressee to “Be lord” and “be a hiding place”; the active participle in Ecclesiastes 2:22 occurs in the question about a man's labor and striving.

   Ecclesiastes 11:3Ecclesiastes 2:22Genesis 27:29Isaiah 16:4Nehemiah 6:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the imperative clauses with “Be lord” and “be a hiding place,” and presents the other contexts with “there it will be” and “you are to be their king.” In Ecclesiastes 2:22, the translation’s wording does not isolate the participle's contribution.