--- title: יְהַב — give · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary description: יְהַב (lemma:יְהַב), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 28 times: give. BDB 1906: vb. give Peʿîl. 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BH);— Pf. 3 ms. י׳ Ezr 5:12 +; 2 ms. יְהַבְתְּ Dn 2:23; 3 mpl. וִיהַ֫בוּ 3:28; Imv. ms. הַב (K§ 11, 3. a)) 5:17; Pt. act. יָהֵב 2:21, pl. יָֽהֲבִין 6:3;— give, acc. rei + ל pers. Dn 2:48; 5:17, also (subj. God) 2:21, 23, 37, 38; 5:18, 19; give report 6:3 (ל pers.); give over, acc. pers. + בְּיַד (יַד 2) Ezr 5:12 (subj. God); give up, surrender Dn 3:28 (one’s body, acc.). place, lay foundations Ezr 5:16 (Nab. also place Cooke 102, l. 6 SACJQ 1904, 274; v. ܝܗܒ 2 SchulthLex.; and ZAW xxii (1902), 162; cf. DWB 171). Peʿîl (WCG 224), be given, subj. rei, c. ל pers.: 3 ms. יְהִיב Dn 7:4, 6, יְהִב v 14, 22, 3 fs. יְהִיבַת 5:28; 7:12, 27; 3 mpl. וִיהִ֫יבוּ Ezr 5:14; be given up (ל of flame) Dn 7:11. Impf. 3 ms. יִתְיְהֵב Dn 4:13, 3 fs. תִּתְיְהִ֑ב Ezr 6:4; 3 mpl. יִתְיַהֲבוּן Dn 7:25; Pt. מִתְיְהֵב Ezr 4:20; 6:9, fs. מִתְיַהֲבָא v 8, pl. -בין 7:19;— be given, subj. rei, ל pers., Dn 4:13; Ezr 6:9; 7:19; be given over, subj. pers. בִּידֵהּ (יַד 2) Dn 7:25. be paid, of cost Ezr 6:4 (מִן of source), v 8 (ל pers.), toll 4:20 (ל pers.). ### Jastrow 1903 יְהַב: to give to deal to put, place to be given [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d4_5b7_5d1/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** to give. Targ. Gen. III, 12. Targ. Job III, 19 יֵיהַב Ms. (ed. יָהִיב, ed. Wil. יְהִיב); a. fr.—Part. pass. יְהִיב. Targ. Num. III, 9; a. fr.—Imperative הַב. Targ. Gen. XXX, 26; a. fr.—Y. Ber. VIII, 11ᵇ bot., a. fr. י׳ ליה מילא gave him assurance of safety. Ib. יהב את פלגא (read as:) Y. Naz. V, end, 54ᵇ הב וכ׳ give thou half of it. Ib. \[read:\] אמר דיֵיבִין ליה יַהֲבוּ ליה ואכל he ordered that they give him (to eat); they gave him, and he ate. Kidd. 9ᵃ אי יהבינא לך וכ׳ (read: יַהֲבִינָהּ) if I give it to thee, wilt thou be betrothed unto me? Said she הָבָהּ מֵיהֲבָהּ give it; כל הבה מיהבה וכ׳ all such phrases as ‘give it’, mean nothing (do not mean assent to the proposal); a. v. fr.—נסב וי׳ (h. = נשא ונתן) to deal. Cant. R. to III, 6. Y. Shebi. VII, 37ᶜ top; a. e.—Lev. R. s. 19, v. infra.—2) to put, place. Targ. Ex. XVI, 33; a. fr.—Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ bot. אין אנן יַהֲבִין ליה נֵיהֲבֵיה וכ׳ if we put him (his coffin) anywhere, we must put him with R. \&c.; a. fr. to be given. Targ. Is. IX, 5. Targ. Ex. V, 16; a. fr.—Kidd. 7ᵃ משום דא׳ למחילה because it (money or money’s worth) may be given away without consideration; v. נָתַן.—\[Lev. R. s. 19 … תתיהב דיהבת וכ׳, read: תִּתְיַתַּב … דיַתְּבַת, v. יְתֵב I.\] Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 28 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יְהַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d4_5b7_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Daniel 5:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.28/) פְּרֵ֑ס פְּרִיסַת֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔ךְ וִיהִיבַ֖ת לְמָדַ֥י וּפָרָֽס׃ *Word for word:* peres it.has.been.broken.in.two kingdom your and it.has.been.given to Medes and Persians *JPS 1917:* PERES, thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.' [Ezra 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.7.19/) וּמָֽאנַיָּא֙ דִּֽי־מִתְיַהֲבִ֣ין לָ֔ךְ לְפָלְחָ֖ן בֵּ֣ית אֱלָהָ֑ךְ הַשְׁלֵ֕ם קֳדָ֖ם אֱלָ֥הּ יְרוּשְׁלֶֽם׃ *Word for word:* and the vessels which \[have.been\].given to you for the.worship of.the.house of your.God make.complete before the.God of.Jerusalem *JPS 1917:* And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. - ← previous: [יְדַע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d3_5b7_5e2.md) - next →: [יְהוּד](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5d4_5d5_5bc_5d3.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/1497.md)