אֹהֲבֶ֑י/ךָ

𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤉/𐤊

ʼâhab

love you

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))

H157

2 Samuel 19:7 · Word #6

Lexicon H157

Lemmaאָהַב
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤄𐤁
Transliterationʼâhab
Strong'sH157
DefinitionTo 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 HVqrmpc/Sp2ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation r — Participle Active — The one doing the action
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

Common Translation

Phraselove you

SIBI-P1 Translation H157-48

those loving you

Morphological NotesQal active participle, masculine plural construct + 2ms pronominal suffix.
Rendering RationaleThe Qal active participle masculine plural denotes ongoing agents characterized by loving, and the 2ms pronominal suffix marks the object as "you" (masculine singular). Thus the form signifies masculine plural ones who are loving you.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

those loving you

Same as P1Yes
RationaleP1 'those loving you' accurately reflects the participial and pronominal structure (plural participle + suffix); context supports this reading.

Bantu Hebrew

אֹהֲבֶ֑י/ךָ (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.

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Word Meaning Language
hɔ̃ to love, to want, to desire Ewe (Gbe)