אהב

Compare Ugaritic 𐎀𐎅𐎁 (ảhb) and Arabic أَحَبَّ‎ (ʔaḥabba)

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈhav/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ɔˈhav/
• (Yemenite) IPA^(key): /ɔːˈhæv/

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אָהַב • (aháv) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction, infinitive לאהוב / לֶאֶהֹב‎, passive participle אָהוּב‎, passive counterpart נֶאֱהַב‎)

1. (transitive) to love

   ‏אני אוהב אותך‎

   aní ohév otákh

   I love you! (said by a man to a woman)

   ‏אני אוהב אותך‎

   aní ohév otkhá

   I love you! (said by a man to a man)

   ‏אני אוהבת אותך‎

   aní ohévet otákh

   I love you! (said by a woman to a woman)

   ‏אני אוהבת אותך‎

   aní ohévet otkhá

   I love you! (said by a woman to a man)

• In Modern Hebrew, אהב takes a direct object; that is, no preposition is used if the object is indefinite, and the preposition את‎ (et) is used if it is definite. In the Bible, אהב sometimes takes a direct object, and other times takes an object using the preposition ל־‎ (l'-) (e.g., Leviticus 19:18).

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• H157 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

• אבה‎
• הבא‎