אָהַ֞ב
𐤀𐤄𐤁
ʼâhab
loved
To feel or express love, affection, or attachment toward a person, group, object, or concept. The term encompasses emotional attachment, desire, friendship, familial love, loyalty, and even preference or willful choice, depending on context. In interpersonal usage, expresses affection or positive regard (between individuals, within families, or between a subject and deity); in non-personal or figurative contexts, refers to attachment to practices, actions, wisdom, or material things.
hɔ̃ "to love, to want, to desire" (Ewe (Gbe))1 Kings 11:1 · Word #3
Lexicon H157
| Lemma | אָהַב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤀𐤄𐤁 |
| Transliteration | ʼâhab |
| Strong's | H157 |
| Definition | To feel or express love, affection, or attachment toward a person, group, object, or concept. The term encompasses emotional attachment, desire, friendship, familial love, loyalty, and even preference or willful choice, depending on context. In interpersonal usage, expresses affection or positive regard (between individuals, within families, or between a subject and deity); in non-personal or figurative contexts, refers to attachment to practices, actions, wisdom, or material things. |
Morphology HVqp3ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | p — Perfect — Completed action |
| Person | 3 — 3rd person — Third person ("he/she/they") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
Common Translation
| Phrase | loved |
SIBI-P1 Translation H157-01
he loved
| Morphological Notes | Verb, Qal stem (simple active), perfect conjugation, 3rd person masculine singular. |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular denotes a completed simple action by a male subject. "He loved" preserves the root idea of affectionate or loyal attachment without narrowing the semantic breadth. |
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SILEX v2
SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)
he loved
| Same as P1 | Yes |
| Rationale | P1 reflects perfect tense and correctly renders the verb meaning in context; nothing needs to be changed for P2. |
Bantu Hebrew
אָהַ֞ב (ʼâhab) — To feel or express love, affection, or attachment toward a person, group, object, or concept. The term encompasses emotional attachment, desire, friendship, familial love, loyalty, and even preference or willful choice, depending on context. In interpersonal usage, expresses affection or positive regard (between individuals, within families, or between a subject and deity); in non-personal or figurative contexts, refers to attachment to practices, actions, wisdom, or material things.
| Word | Meaning | Language |
|---|---|---|
| hɔ̃ | to love, to want, to desire | Ewe (Gbe) |