אַהַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H158

love — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

love tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַ֫הַב: love tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] love only pl. אֲהָבִים, loves, amours; bad sense Ho 8:9, but אַיֶּלֶת א׳ loving hind Pr 5:19 (fig. of wife ‖ יַעֲלַת הֵן).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: loves (1); of loves (1).

In the verses

Hosea 8:9 · tree →

כִּֽי־הֵ֙מָּה֙ עָל֣וּ אַשּׁ֔וּר פֶּ֖רֶא בּוֹדֵ֣ד ל֑וֹ אֶפְרַ֖יִם הִתְנ֥וּ אֲהָבִֽים

Word for word: (dm) they they.have.gone.up Assyria a.wild.donkey isolated to itself Ephraim they.have.hired loves

JPS 1917: For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself; Ephraim hath hired lovers.

Proverbs 5:19 · tree →

אַיֶּ֥לֶת אֲהָבִ֗ים וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת־חֵ֥ן דַּ֭דֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ בְכָל־עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃

Word for word: a.doe of.loves and a.mountain.goat of.grace breasts her may they.satisfy.you at every time by love her may.you.be.intoxicated continually

JPS 1917: A lovely hind and a graceful doe, let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; with her love be thou ravished always.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of its meanings: every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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