אויב

Hebrew

Root
א־י־ב (ʾ-y-b)

Alternative forms

• אֹיֵב (defective spelling)

Etymology

Participle of אָיַב (“to hate, be hostile to”). Compare Ugaritic 𐎛𐎁 (ỉb, “enemy”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /oˈjev/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /oɪ̯.jeɪ̯v/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)oˈjev/
• (Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈjeb/
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔøˈjev/, /ʔeˈjev/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈjev/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔoːˈjeːb/, [ʔoːˈjeːβ]
• (Pre-Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔoːˈjibu/

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Noun

אוֹיֵב • (oyév) m (plural indefinite אוֹיְבִים, singular construct אוֹיֵב־, plural construct אוֹיְבֵי־)

1. enemy

   Synonym: שונא (soné)

Related terms

• אָיַב (“to be hostile”)

References

• H341 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• אבוי, אביו, איוב

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German obe, from Old High German oba, from Proto-West Germanic *jabē, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔɪ̯b/

Conjunction

אויב • (oyb)

1. if