אהבה
Appearance
See also: אַהבֿה
Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Properly the infinitive construct of אָהַב (aháv, “to love”).[1] Compare Ugaritic 𐎀𐎅𐎁𐎚 (ảhbt).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (reconstructed Biblical) IPA(key): /ʔa.haˈbaː/
- (Tiberian) IPA(key): /ʔa.hăˈvɔː/, [ʔaːhaˈvɔː]
- (Yemenite) IPA(key): /ʔa.həˈvɔ/, [ʔæːhæˈvɔː]
- (Modern Israeli) IPA(key): /ʔa.haˈva/, [ʔa.(ʔ)aˈva]
Audio: (file)
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
[edit]אַהֲבָה • (ahavá) f (plural indefinite אֲהָבוֹת, singular construct אַהֲבַת־, plural construct אַהֲבוֹת־) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
Declension
[edit]| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | אַהֲבָה | first | אַהֲבָתִי | אַהֲבָתֵנוּ | ||
| definite | הָאַהֲבָה | second | אַהֲבָתְךָ | אַהֲבָתֵךְ | אַהֲבַתְכֶם | אַהֲבַתְכֶן | |
| construct | אַהֲבַת־ | third | אַהֲבָתוֹ | אַהֲבָתָהּ | אַהֲבָתָם | אַהֲבָתָן | |
| plural | indefinite | אֲהָבוֹת | first | אהבותיי / אַהֲבוֹתַי | אַהֲבוֹתֵינוּ | ||
| definite | הָאֲהָבוֹת | second | אַהֲבוֹתֶיךָ | אהבותייך / אַהֲבוֹתַיִךְ | אַהֲבוֹתֵיכֶם | אַהֲבוֹתֵיכֶן | |
| construct | אַהֲבוֹת־ | third | אַהֲבוֹתָיו | אַהֲבוֹתֶיהָ | אַהֲבוֹתָם | אַהֲבוֹתָן | |
Derived terms
[edit]- אַהֲבַת נֶפֶשׁ (ahavát néfesh)
- אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם (ahavát 'olám)
- בְּאַהֲבָה (b'ahavá)
- מִכְתַּב אַהֲבָה (mikhtáv ahavá)
Descendants
[edit]- → Yiddish: אַהבֿה (aave)
References
[edit]- ^ Gesenius, Wilhelm (1910), Arthur Ernest Cowley, transl., Emil Kautzsch, editor, Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, 2nd English edition, § 45d, page 123