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 𒁍𒀪𒄿𒌈 (bu-ʾ-i-tum /⁠buʾītu⁠/, “a thing wished, willed, desired”), Arabic أَبَى (ʔabā, “he rejected, refused, was unwilling, unwilling to do otherwise; originally to hold back, to desire to stay or wish to remain”) and the root ء ب ب (ʔ b b, “to prepare to go out for”) in the phrase أَبَّ إِلَى (ʔabba ʔilā, “to long after, to want to go forth to, to yearn or have a desire to go to something”), Egyptian ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”) and ꜣb (“to take a break, to tarry or stay awhile, to refuse to go”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)aˈva/
• (Biblical Hebrew, Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔɔˈvɔː/

Verb

אָבָה • (ava) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. to be willing
   • Exodus 10:27

     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.

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