ho.vah denotes a coming calamity or harmful event, portrayed as arriving or falling upon those addressed.

The attested uses portray a harmful event as coming upon its target: repeated in Ezekiel 7:26 and sudden and unavoidable in Isaiah 47:11.

1. Coming calamity · dominant

   In Ezekiel 7:26, the feminine singular absolute form occurs twice in the clause that the APB renders “Disaster after disaster will come,” portraying successive calamities. In Isaiah 47:11, the same form occurs in a sequence of events that come or fall upon the addressee; the APB renders the verse with “misfortune” and “devastation,”.

   Ezekiel 7:26Isaiah 47:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the surrounding clauses with “Disaster” in Ezekiel 7:26 and with “misfortune” amid other disaster language in Isaiah 47:11. These renderings indicate the verses' overall portrayal rather than fixed equivalents for the term.