וְ/אֹהֲבֵ֖י
𐤅/𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤉
ʼâhab
but lovers
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.
Proverbs 14:20 · Word #5
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 HC/Vqrmpc
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
| Phrase | but lovers |
SIBI-P1 Translation H157-72
and lovers of
| Morphological Notes | Qal active participle, masculine plural, construct state, with prefixed conjunction וְ ("and"). |
| Rendering Rationale | The Qal active participle masculine plural in construct denotes "loving ones of"—those characterized by loving or attachment toward something. "Lovers of" preserves the participial, masculine plural sense and the construct relationship, with the prefixed conjunction rendered as "and." |
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