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Sunday, August 20, 2023

אבה This is a Hebrew word for "to want, desire"

אבה: Sem. except Akk. (abū/ītu, probably wish, related to amātu word, AHw. 89f), EgArm. DISO 2; Heb. JArm.t Eg. Arb. dial., ʾby to want, desire; Arb. ʾabā and Eth. Tigr. ʾabaya (Leslau 9, Wb. 378b) to decline, OSArb. tʾby refusal (Müller 25); Nöldeke Beitr. 66f; Brockelmann Heb. Syn. §52bζ. Common basic meaning: to lack, to be in need (→ Heb. אֶבְיוֹן, Honeyman JAOS 64:81f) or different roots (Barth Wurzel. 3f) ?, → יאב, תאב. qal: pf. אָבָה, אָבִיתִי, אָבוּ, (אָבוּא Is 28:12, Beer-M. §12:2; 1QIsa אבו), impf. תֹּ/יֹאבֶה (Pr 1:10 תֹּבֵא, BL 442g, MSS תֹּאבֵה :: Driver Textus 1:128), יֹאבוּ, pt. אֹבִים: to be willing, to want to, always with negation (exc. Jb 39:9 Is 1:19): —1. with לְ to satisfy someone Dt 13:9 Ps 81:12 (|| שׁמע); to accept something Pr 1:25, 30. —2. to want something: with inf. Dt 2:30 10:10 25:7 29:19 1S 15:9 2K 13:23 Is 28:12 30:9 42:24 Jb 39:9; with לְ with inf. Gn 24:5, 8 Ex 10:27 Lv 26:21 Dt 1:26 23:6 Jos 24:10 Ju 19:10, 25 20:13 1S 22:17 26:23 2S 2:21 6:10 13:14, 16, 25 14:29 23:16f 2K 8:19 24:4 Is 30:15 Ezk 3:7 20:8 1C 10:4 11:18f 19:19 2C 21:7; —3. abs. to be willing, to consent to Ju 11:17 1S 31:4 2S 12:17 1K 20:8 22:50 Is 1:19 Pr 1:10 6:35. † Der. אֲבוֹי (?), אֶבְיוֹן(?)
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