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ʾāhēv אָהֵב ‘to love’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

ʾāhēv v
1) to love
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual
  1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom
  1a3) human love for or to God
  1a4) act of being a friend
1a4a) lover (participle)
1a4b) friend (participle)
  1a5) God's love toward man
1a5a) to individual men
1a5b) to people Israel
1a5c) to righteousness
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) lovely (participle)
  1b2) loveable (participle)
 1c) (Piel)
  1c1) friends
  1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers)
2) to like

Mentioned in Genesis 27:9, 27:14, 37:4, 44:20, 22:2, 24:67, 25:28, 27:4, 29:18, 29:20, 29:30, 29:32, 34:3, 37:3 Exodus 21:5, 20:6 Codex Leviticus 19:18, 19:34 Deuteronomy 4:37, 7:13, 10:15, 30:20, 23:6, 5:10, 6:5, 7:9, 10:12, 10:18, 10:19, 11:1, 11:13, 11:22, 13:4, 15:16, 19:9, 21:15, 21:16, 30:6, 30:16 Joshua 22:5, 23:11 Judges 14:16, 5:31, 16:4, 16:15 1 Samuel 1:5, 16:21, 18:1, 18:16, 18:20, 18:22, 18:28, 20:17 2 Samuel 13:1, 13:4, 19:7, 1:23, 12:24, 13:15 1 Kings 3:3, 5:15, 11:1 Isaiah 66:10, 41:8, 43:4, 1:23, 48:14, 56:6, 56:10, 57:8, 61:8 Jeremiah 8:2, 2:25, 5:31, 14:10, 20:4, 20:6, 22:20, 22:22, 30:14, 31:3 Ezekiel 16:36, 23:22, 16:33, 16:37, 23:5, 23:9 Hosea 9:10, 2:7, 2:9, 2:12, 2:14, 2:15, 3:1, 4:18, 9:1, 10:11, 11:1, 12:8, 14:5 Amos 4:5, 5:15 Micah 3:2 Zechariah 8:17, 8:19, 13:6 Malachi 1:2, 2:11 Psalms 4:3, 5:12, 11:5, 11:7, 26:8, 31:24, 33:5, 34:13, 37:28, 38:12, 40:17, 45:8, 47:5, 52:5, 52:6, 69:37, 70:5, 78:68, 87:2, 88:19, 97:10, 99:4, 109:17, 116:1, 119:47, 119:48, 119:97, 119:113, 119:119, 119:127, 119:132, 119:140, 119:159, 119:163, 119:165, 119:167, 122:6, 145:20, 146:8 Proverbs 3:12, 29:3, 1:22, 4:6, 8:17, 8:21, 8:36, 9:8, 12:1, 13:24, 14:20, 15:9, 15:12, 16:13, 17:17, 17:19, 18:21, 18:24, 19:8, 20:13, 21:17, 22:11, 27:6 Job 19:19 Song of Songs 1:3, 1:4, 1:7, 3:1, 3:2, 3:3, 3:4 Ruth 4:15 Lamentations 1:2, 1:19 Ecclesiastes 3:8, 5:9, 9:9 Esther 2:17, 5:10, 5:14, 6:13 Daniel 9:4 Nehemiah 1:5, 13:26 2 Chronicles 11:21, 20:7, 26:10, 19:2

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