אבה
Aramaic
Verb
אָבָה, אָבֵי • (transliteration needed)
- 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
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
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- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɔˈvɔː/
Verb
אָבָה • (ava) (pa'al construction)
- 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 |
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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 | |
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Derived terms
Anagrams
References
- ^ Klein, Ernest. 1987. "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English". The University of Haifa.