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28 lip 2023 · The Hebrew word for love is ahavah, which is rooted in the more molecular word hav, 1 which means to give, revealing that, according to Judaism, giving is at the root of love. What does this etymological insight teach us both about the function of love and about how love functions?
15 paź 2017 · God’s love was everlasting, implying that God’s heart was, and is, perfect, whole, and complete. God made a point of expressing that He drew us close to Him with חָֽסֶד ( chesed )… which has been translated as lovingkindness, loyal love, mercy or covenant loyalty.
ahabah: Love. Original Word: אַהֲבָה. Part of Speech: Noun Feminine. Transliteration: ahabah. Pronunciation: ah-hah-VAH. Phonetic Spelling: (a-hab-aw) Definition: Love. Meaning: affection. Word Origin: Derived from the root אָהַב (ahav), which means "to love."
Israel Bible Center. "Love" in Hebrew Thought. What does it mean to love God? Deuteronomy 6:5 states, “You shall love (אהבת; ahavta) the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your life and with all your strength.” But what does it mean to “love” God according to ancient Israelite thought?
In the Hebrew Scriptures, the idea of God as love is conveyed by applying to him various adjectives such as חַנּוּן— channun (“gracious”), רַחוּם— rachum (“compassionate”), and אָרֵךְ— ’arek (“patient”) and by describing him in terms of nouns such as חֶסֶד —chesed (“tender mercy” or “lovingkindness”) and חֵן— (“grace”).
1 lip 2024 · The love of God is one that we all aspire to finally feeling in our spirits during the period of eternal union. Clear and intelligible! God bless you and keep up the great work of teaching! ️🙏🏽
17 kwi 2017 · The King James translation took us to a ‘safe’ distance from simple love as we can experience it as people to the high virtue ‘charity.’ The other Greek scholars claim that ‘Agape’ is love that is of and from God, whose very nature is ‘love itself.’
