יהב

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Aramaic

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Etymology

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Compare Arabic وَهَبَ (wahaba).

Verb

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יהב (yehab)

  1. to give

Hebrew

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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יְהָב (y’havm

  1. (rare or literary) hope

Etymology 2

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Root
י־ה־ב (y-h-b)

Verb

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יָהַב third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to give, to grant; to chose; to ascribe to. Only used in the imperative; see הָבָה.

References

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