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title: אֹהַב — amours · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֹהַב (159), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: amours. BDB 1906: id. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֹהַב

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«אֹהַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **amours** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 159 · **BDB:** אֹ֫הַב

### Glosses

love(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

amours [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/159/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/159/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] id. = loved object, sf. אָהֳבָם Ho 9:10 (= בֹּשֶׁת = בַּעַל v. Hi Now) i.e. the idol worshipped; pl. = amours (carnal sense) Pr 7:18.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 «אֹהַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/159/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.7.18/)

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לְכָ֤ה נִרְוֶ֣ה דֹ֭דִים עַד־הַבֹּ֑קֶר נִ֝תְעַלְּסָ֗ה בָּאֳהָבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* come let.us.take.our.fill.of love(s) until the morning let.us.delight.ourselves with love(s)

*JPS 1917:* Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; let us solace ourselves with loves.

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