אהב
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]| Root |
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| א־ה־ב (ʾ-h-b) |
Compare Ugaritic 𐎀𐎅𐎁 (ảhb) and Arabic أَحَبَّ (ʔaḥabba)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʔ)aˈhav/
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɔˈhav/
- (Yemenite) IPA(key): /ɔːˈhæv/
Audio: (file)
Verb
[edit]אָהַב • (aháv) (pa'al construction, infinitive לאהוב / לֶאֶהֹב, passive participle אָהוּב, passive counterpart נֶאֱהַב)
- (transitive) to love
- אני אוהב אותך
- aní ohév otákh
- I love you! (said by a man to a woman)
- אני אוהב אותך
- aní ohév otkhá
- I love you! (said by a man to a man)
- אני אוהבת אותך
- aní ohévet otákh
- I love you! (said by a woman to a woman)
- אני אוהבת אותך
- aní ohévet otkhá
- I love you! (said by a woman to a man)
Usage notes
[edit]- In Modern Hebrew, אהב takes a direct object; that is, no preposition is used if the object is indefinite, and the preposition את (et) is used if it is definite. In the Bible, אהב sometimes takes a direct object, and other times takes an object using the preposition ל־ (l'-) (e.g., Leviticus 19:18).
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of אָהַב (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
| non-finite forms |
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| finite forms | singular | plural | |||
| m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
| past | first | אָהַבְתִּי | אָהַבְנוּ | ||
| second | אָהַבְתָּ | אָהַבְתְּ | אֲהַבְתֶּם1 | אֲהַבְתֶּן1 | |
| third | אָהַב | אָהֲבָה | אָהֲבוּ | ||
| present | אוֹהֵב | אוֹהֶבֶת | אוֹהֲבִים | אוֹהֲבוֹת | |
| future | first | אוהב / אֹהַב | נֹאהַב | ||
| second | תֹּאהַב | תֹּאהֲבִי | תֹּאהֲבוּ | תֹּאהַבְנָה2 | |
| third | יֹאהַב | תֹּאהַב | יֹאהֲבוּ | תֹּאהַבְנָה2 | |
| imperative | אֱהַב | אֶהֱבִי | אֶהֱבוּ | אֱהַבְנָה2 | |
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Derived terms
[edit]- וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ (v'ahavtá l're'akhá kamókha)