אבה

Aramaic

Verb

אָבָה, אָבֵי • (transliteration needed)

1. to be willing

References

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

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Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Akkadian abitu (“wish, will, desire”), Arabic أَبَى (ʾabā, “he rejected, refused, was unwilling”), and Egyptian ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈva/
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔˈvɔː/

Verb

אָבָה • (ava) (pa'al construction)

1. to be willing

   וַיְחַזֵּק יְהוָה אֶת־לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְלֹא אָבָה לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃

   vaykhazek hashem et lev par'o v'lo ava l'shal'kham.

   But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go. - Exodus 10:27

Conjugation

Conjugation of אָבָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לֶאֱבוֹת action noun: — passive participle: —
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	אָבִיתִי		אָבִינוּ
	second	אָבִיתָ	אָבִית	אֲבִיתֶם1	אֲבִיתֶן1
	third	אָבָה	אָבְתָה	אָבוּ
present		אוֹבֶה	אוֹבָה	אוֹבִים	אוֹבוֹת
future	first	אובה / אֹבֶה		נֹאבֶה
	second	תֹּאבֶה	תֹּאבִי	תֹּאבוּ	תֹּאבֶינָה2
	third	יֹאבֶה	תֹּאבֶה	יֹאבוּ	תֹּאבֶינָה2
imperative		אֱבֵה	אֱבִי	אֱבוּ	אֱבֶינָה2
notes		Pronounced אָבִיתֶם and אָבִיתֶן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

• אֲבוֹי (avoy)

Anagrams

• אהב
• הבא