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1 אהב
אָהַב(b. h.; √הב; cmp. חבב) to love. Y.Ab. Zar. II beg. 40c אֹוהֲבָהּ her lover; a. fr. אוהב את הבריות philanthropist. Aboth I, 12; a. fr.Part. pass. אָהוּב, f. אֲהוּבָה. Yeb.23a א׳ בנשואיה beloved (worth loving) for her well chosen marriage. (Y. Ab. Zar. l. c. איהבתו read אֹוהַבְתֹּו. Nif. נֶאֱהַב, Hithpa. הִתְאָהֵב to be beloved, popular. Lev. R. s. 32, beg., these blows (of persecution) had the effect להֵאָהֵבוכ׳ to make me beloved of my Father in heaven. Yoma 86a שיהאש״ש מִתְאָהֵבוכ׳ that the Divine Name may be beloved through thee (that thy doings may favorably reflect on thy religion). Pi. אִהֵב, Hif. הֶאֱהִיב to make beloved, popular. Tan. dbe El. I, 28 תהא מְאָהֵבש״שוכ׳ make the Divine Name (v. supra).Part. Pu. מְאוּהָב popular. Yalk. Deut. 837.Cant. R. to I, 1 לקרבןוכ׳ (לאָהֲבָן) להַאֲהִיבָן to make them beloved (of God), draw them nigh (to God) Ib. to V, 1.Yalk. Cant. 981 הֶאֱהַבְנוּ לך עלמות הרבה we have made many maiden beloved of thee (converted them). -
2 אָהַב
אָהַב(b. h.; √הב; cmp. חבב) to love. Y.Ab. Zar. II beg. 40c אֹוהֲבָהּ her lover; a. fr. אוהב את הבריות philanthropist. Aboth I, 12; a. fr.Part. pass. אָהוּב, f. אֲהוּבָה. Yeb.23a א׳ בנשואיה beloved (worth loving) for her well chosen marriage. (Y. Ab. Zar. l. c. איהבתו read אֹוהַבְתֹּו. Nif. נֶאֱהַב, Hithpa. הִתְאָהֵב to be beloved, popular. Lev. R. s. 32, beg., these blows (of persecution) had the effect להֵאָהֵבוכ׳ to make me beloved of my Father in heaven. Yoma 86a שיהאש״ש מִתְאָהֵבוכ׳ that the Divine Name may be beloved through thee (that thy doings may favorably reflect on thy religion). Pi. אִהֵב, Hif. הֶאֱהִיב to make beloved, popular. Tan. dbe El. I, 28 תהא מְאָהֵבש״שוכ׳ make the Divine Name (v. supra).Part. Pu. מְאוּהָב popular. Yalk. Deut. 837.Cant. R. to I, 1 לקרבןוכ׳ (לאָהֲבָן) להַאֲהִיבָן to make them beloved (of God), draw them nigh (to God) Ib. to V, 1.Yalk. Cant. 981 הֶאֱהַבְנוּ לך עלמות הרבה we have made many maiden beloved of thee (converted them).
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