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title: אַהֲוָא — Ahava · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַהֲוָא (163), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Ahava. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַהֲוָא

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«אַהֲוָא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahava** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 163 · **BDB:** אַהֲוָא

### Glosses

Ahava (2); of.Ahava (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahava [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/163/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/163/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. town or district in Babylonia, by which a stream is designated Ezr 8:15, also the stream v 21 (הנהר א׳), v 31 (נְהַר א׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַהֲוָא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/163/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 8:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.21/)

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וָאֶקְרָ֨א שָׁ֥ם צוֹם֙ עַל־הַנָּהָ֣ר אַהֲוָ֔א לְהִתְעַנּ֖וֹת לִפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְשָׁרָ֔ה לָ֥נוּ וּלְטַפֵּ֖נוּ וּלְכָל־רְכוּשֵֽׁנוּ׃

*Word for word:* and I.proclaimed there a.fast at the river Ahava to humble.ourselves before God our to seek from him a.journey straight for us and for our.little one\[s\] and for all property our

*JPS 1917:* Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of Him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

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[Ezra 8:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.15/)

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וָֽאֶקְבְּצֵ֗ם אֶל־הַנָּהָר֙ הַבָּ֣א אֶֽל־אַהֲוָ֔א וַנַּחֲנֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם יָמִ֣ים שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה וָאָבִ֤ינָה בָעָם֙ וּבַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וּמִבְּנֵ֥י לֵוִ֖י לֹא־מָצָ֥אתִי שָֽׁם׃

*Word for word:* and I assembled.them to the river \[which\] goes to Ahava and we.encamped there days three and I considered (in) the people and (in) the priests and any of.the.descendants of.Levi not I.found there

*JPS 1917:* And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we encamped three days; and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.

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