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title: אַהַב — love · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַהַב (158), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: love. BDB 1906: love. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַהַב

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«אַהַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **love** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 158 · **BDB:** אַ֫הַב

### Glosses

loves (1); of.loves (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

love [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/158/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

love [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/158/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַהַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/158/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Hosea 8:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HOS.8.9/)

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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.

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[Proverbs 5:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.5.19/)

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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.

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