*hwy - to be (Kogan 2015:399)

As pointed out by J. Tropper (1993a:280), “in dieser Bed. und mit w als zweitem Radikal ausschliesslich aram.” The Hebrew form with y (hāyā, HALOT 241) is probably an innovation.

Akkadian

ewû - to change, to turn into (CAD E 413, AHw. 266)

Hebrew

hwy - to become, to lie (HALOT 241)

The presence of hāwā in the Biblical corpus is marginal and may be partly due to Aramaic influence (Wagner 1966:45).

Hebrew

hwy - to come to pass, to occur, to be, to become (HALOT 241)

Samalian

hwy - to be (DNWSI 271)

Old Aramaic

hwy - to be, to exist, to happen (DNWSI 271)

Biblical Aramaic

hwy - to be, to happen, to exist (HALOT 1858)

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

hwy - to be, to exist, to happen (DJPA 160)

Syriac

hwy - to be; to endure, last; to become, result, be made (LSyr. 173, SL 333)

Mlaḥso

hvy - werden, sein (to become, to be) (Jastrow 1994:157)

Turoyo

hwy - I. werden (to become) (JL 164)

Arabic

hwy - to fall (Lane 3046)

Tigrinya

hiw bälä - to fall (TED 38)

Mehri

həwū - to fall, to swoop (ML 162)

Jibbali

hē - to fall, to swoop (JL 100)