אָהַב

Qal Perfect אָהֵ֑ב 1 Mos 27,9 + 7 t; אָשֵהבּ 1 Mos 27,14 אָהַב 1 Mos 37,3 + 3 t.; אֲֵ˜הבָךָ 5 Mos 15,16 3 feminine singular אָֽהֲבָה Hoj 1,7 +, etc.; Imperfect (הָֿ֑ב) יֶאֱהַב Ord 3,12 +; 1 singular אֵהָ֑ב Ord 8,17 (compare Ew^{§ 192 d} Ges^{«GKC:68»§ 68}. 1); וָָֽאֹהַ֖ב Mal 1,2 וָאֹהֲבֵהוּ Hos 11,1 אֹהֲבֵם Hos 14,5 וָאֹהֲבֵם Sl 119,167 2 masculine plural תְּאֵהֲבוּ Ord 1,22 (compare Kö^{I p. 394} Ges^{«GKC:63»§ 63} R 2); תֶּאֱהָ֑בוּ Zak 8,17 תָּאֱהָבוּן Sl 4,3 Imperative אֱהַבֿ Hos 3,1 אֱהָבֶהָ Ord 4,6 אֶהֱבוּ Sl 31,24; Amos 5,15 אֱהָ֑בוּ Zak 8,19 Infinitive construct אֱהֹב Praed 3,8 אַהֲבָה 5 Mos 10,12 +; אֲהֲבַת Mik 6,8 + etc.; compare also below
\ \ n. אהבה below; Participle אֹהֵב (אוֺהֵב) 5 Mos 10,18 + 26 t.; feminine construct אֲהֻבַת Hos 3,1 is probably active compare Ba^{NB 174 ff}; suffix אֹהֲבִי Es 41,8 etc.; feminine אֹהֶ֫בֶת 1 Mos 25,28 אֹהַ֫בְתִּי Hos 10,11 etc.; Passive participle אָהוּב Neh 13,26 אֲהוּבָה 5 Mos 21,15 (twice in verse); 5 Mos 21,16. — love (mostly with accusative, followed by לְ + object 3 Mos 19,18; 3 Mos 19,34; 2 Kron 19,2 (late), followed by בְּ Praed 5,9 absolute Praed 3,8 & see below), (affection both pure & impure, divine & human); —

1. human love to human object; absolute, opposed to hate שָׂנֵא Praed 3,8 of love to son 1 Mos 22,2; 1 Mos 25,28; 1 Mos 37,3; 1 Mos 37,4; 1 Mos 44,20 (JE) Ord 13,24 so also 2 Sam 13,21 ᵐ5 Ew Th We, compare Dr, of David's loving Amnon; never to parent, but mother-in-law Rut 4,15 of man's love to woman; wife 1 Mos 24,67; 1 Mos 29,20; 1 Mos 29,30 (compare v1 Mos 29,18):32 (JE), also 5 Mos 21,15 (twice in verse); 5 Mos 21,16; Dom 14,16; 1 Sam 1,5; 2 Kron 11,21; Est 2,17; Hos 3,1; Praed 9,9 but also 1 Mos 34,3 (J) Dom 16,4; Dom 16,15; 2 Sam 13,1; 2 Sam 13,4; 2 Sam 13,15 (where of carnal desire) 1 Kong 11,1 compare v1 Kong 11,2; Hos 3,1 רֵעַ ׳א loving a paramour, see Ba^{NB 176}; woman's love to man 1 Sam 18,20 (so v1 Sam 18,28 ᵑ0, but read וְבִי כָליִֿשְׂרָאֵל אֹהֵב אֹתוֺ ᵐ5 We Dr) Hoj 1,3; Hoj 1,4; Hoj 1,7; Hoj 3,1; Hoj 3,2; Hoj 3,3; Hoj 3,4 (5 t. subject נַפְשִׁי); compare also figurative of adulterous Judah Jer 2,25; Es 57,8; Ezk 16,37 of love of slave to master 2 Mos 21,5 (JE) 5 Mos 15,16 inferior to superior 1 Sam 18,22 compare v1 Sam 18,16 love to neighbour 3 Mos 19,18 (וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֺ֑ךָ), partic to stranger 3 Mos 19,34 (both P), 5 Mos 10,18; 5 Mos 10,19 love of friend to friend 1 Sam 16,21; 1 Sam 18,1; 1 Sam 18,3; 1 Sam 20,17 (twice in verse); Job 19,19; Ord 17,1 compare 2 Sam 19,7 (twice in verse); 2 Kron 19,2 see also Ord 9,8; Ord 16,13 compare Ord 15,12 see especially Participle below

2. less often of appetite, object food, 1 Mos 27,7; 1 Mos 27,9; 1 Mos 27,14 (JE); drink Hos 3,1; Ord 21,17 husbandry 2 Kron 26,10 compare figurative of Ephraim Hos 10,11 followed by infinitive; length of life Sl 34,13 of cupidity Hos 9,1; 1 Sam 1,23; Praed 5,9 (twice in verse); of love of sleep Ord 20,13 compare figurative of sluggish watchmen (followed by infinitive) Es 56,10 also with object abstract wisdom (personified), knowledge, righteousness, etc. Ord 4,6; Ord 8,17; Ord 8,21; Ord 12,1; Ord 22,11; Ord 29,3; Amos 5,15; Mik 6,8 (infinitive || infinitives) Zak 8,19, compare Ord 19,8 קֹנֶה לֵב אֹהֵב נַפְשׁוֺ; object folly, evil, etc., Mik 3,2; Mik 4,3; Sl 11,5; Sl 52,5; Sl 52,6; Sl 109,17; Ord 1,22; Ord 8,36; Ord 17,19 (twice in verse), compare Ord 18,21; Zak 8,17, compare כֵּן ׳א Amos 4,5; Jer 5,3, followed by Infinitive Hos 12,8; Jer 14,10, especially of idolatry Hos 4,13 (where strike out הֵבוּ compare Kö^{1. p. 395}) Jer 8,2.

3. love to God 2 Mos 20,6 (JE) elsewhere Hexateuch only 5 Mos 5,10; 5 Mos 6,5; 5 Mos 7,9 + 9 t. Deuteronomy + Jos 22,5; Jos 23,11 also Dom 5,31; 1 Kong 3,3; Neh 1,5; Dan 9,4 especially in (late) Sl 31,24; Sl 116,1; Sl 145,20, but usually followed by name, law, etc. of ׳י Sl 5,12; Sl 26,8; Sl 40,17; Sl 69,37; Sl 70,5; Sl 97,10; Sl 119,47 + 11 t. Sl 119,1–200 compare Es 56,6 compare also of love to Jerusalem Es 66,10; Sl 122,6.

4. especially Participle אֹהֵב =
\ \ \ (a) lover, Klg 1,2 (figurative of Jerusalem);
\ \ \ (b) friend Hiram of David 1 Kong 5,15, compare Jer 20,4; Jer 20,6; Est 5,10; Est 5,14; Est 6,13; Sl 38,12 (|| רֵעַ) so Sl 88,19, Ord 14,20 also Ord 18,24; Ord 27,6 Abraham of God Es 41,8; 2 Kron 20,7.

5. of divine love
\ \ \ (a) to individual men 5 Mos 4,37; 2 Sam 12,24; Ord 3,12; Ord 15,9; Sl 146,8; Neh 13,26
\ \ \ (b) to people Israel, etc. 5 Mos 7,8; 5 Mos 7,13; 5 Mos 23,6; Hos 3,1; Hos 9,15; Hos 11,1; Hos 14,5; 1 Kong 10,9; 2 Kron 2,10; 2 Kron 9,8; 2 Kron 48,14; (3 t. in verse); Sl 47,5 to Jerusalem Sl 78,68; Sl 87,2
\ \ \ (c) to righteousness, etc. Sl 11,7; Sl 33,5; Sl 37,28; Sl 45,8; Sl 99,4; Es 61,8; Mal 2,11. Niph`al Participle plural הַנֶּאֱהָבִים 2 Sam 1,23 lovely, loveable of Saul & Jonath. (|| הַנְּעִימִם). Pi`el Participle plural suffix (בָֿ֑י) מְאַהֲבַי Hos 2,7 + 3 t.; (בָֿ֑יִח) מְאַהֲבַיִח Jer 22,20 + 6 t.; מְאַהֲבֶיהָ Hos 2,9 + 4 t.

1. friends Zak 13,6

2. lovers in figure of adulterous Israel Hos 2,7; Hos 2,9; Hos 2,12; Hos 2,14; Hos 2,15; Ezk 23,5; Ezk 23,9 Judah Jer 22,20; Jer 22,22; Jer 30,14; Klg 1,19; Ezk 16,33; Ezk 16,36; Ezk 16,37; Ezk 23,22.