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24 mar 2016 · Abarim Publications' ever expanding online Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament comprises 587 articles that discuss the meaning and relationships of thousands of Hebrew words. Our dictionary is not organized according to alphabet but rather according to similarity of form.
- Myrrh
Myrrh-oil became the . מור. The verb מור (mor) means to...
- Shalom
Hebrew peace-making requires the effortful acquisition of...
- The Blind and the Lame
פסח. Most scholars acknowledge two separate verbs of the...
- The Hebrew Heart
To the Hebrews, a creature with a heart was a creature who...
- The Pomegranate in The Bible
רמון The pomegranate in the Bible. The masculine noun רמון...
- How Human Genitalia Relate to Human Governments
ירך. The important noun ירך (yarek) describes the genitalia...
- Towers in the Bible
Towers in the Bible A tower ( מגדל , migdal , or מגדול ,...
- Kabed
כבד. The core meaning of the verb כבד (kabed) is to be...
- Myrrh
25 maj 2015 · אהב. The verb אהב ('aheb) means to love in much the same way as the English verb does, but compared to the English verb, the Hebrew verb appears to be less concerned with emotions and more with the mere mechanism and consequences of being attracted or focused on someone or something.
15 lip 2016 · The verb אהב ('aheb) is usually translated with to love, but it rather means to be attracted to or to be attached to, and that in a rather mechanical way (like a magnet to a nail). It's used to describe a parent's attachment to a child, but not the other way around (as kids tend to dart off).
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 Hebrew verb אהב (ahav, pronounced ah-HAV, with the final bet pronounced as a "v") is a Biblical Hebrew word meaning "to love." The noun form of this word is אהבה (ahavah, pronounced ah-ha-VAH) meaning "love." Ahav and ahavah cover a broad spectrum of concepts of love.
27 gru 2023 · Although the Hebrew word rachamim in the Bible most commonly is translated to compassion, there are a few significant instances where the English Bible uses the word love instead. In its expansive meaning, the word rachamim can stand for a caring, devoted type of love.
This article is an xcerpt from Mr. Benner's book The Living Words. In our modern Western culture, love is an abstract thought of emotion, how one feels toward another, but the Hebrew word אהב ahav [H:157] goes much deeper than simple emotion. The parent root of this word is הב hav.
