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start with a definition of the verb אהב (for the sense of “in love”). The definition was derived from the following twenty-six texts that I see as specifically referring to a sense of אהב akin to “in love”: Gen 29:18, 30, 32; 34:3; Deut 21:15, 16; Judg 14:16; 16:4, 15; 1Sam 1:5; 2 Sam 13:1, 4, 15;
In the Hebrew Bible, the verb ’ āhēb , rendered in the Greek translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint with the verb agapao , implies a “preferential love”, e.g. it is used for a...
When this phenomenon is combined with those biblical texts that indicate women as having influence over the religious leanings or language spoken by their children, it suggests that the authors of the Hebrew Bible texts recognized that women had significant standing and influence in the ancient Israelite household.
As a verb, the Hebrew word אהב ahav [H:157] means "to provide and protect what is given as a privileged gift." We are to love God, neighbors, and family, not in an emotional sense, but in the sense of our actions.
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?
The Song of Songs is the only text in the Hebrew Bible in which sex, desire, love, and romance can all be found. This short book, the Bible’s only love poem, gives its readers an unprecedented insight into what it is like to be in love from both points of view, a woman’s and a man’s.
"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?
