Lexical Definition

‎אָבָה‎ ʼâbâh (aw-baw') be willing ^H:V
a primitive root

consent, rest content will, be willing.

• to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent

1) to be willing, consent
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be willing
1a2) to consent, yield to, accept
1a3) to desire

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎אָבָה‎ verb be willing, consent (compare Assyrian abîtu, command, Dl^W, Ethiopic refuse, Arabic , id., Nejd be willing So^{De Jes 3, p. 26; LCB 1880, 817}) —

Qal (with ‎לֹא‎, ‎אַל‎ except Isa 1:19; Job 39:9 in Hexateuch rare & only J E D, including Lev 26:21); Perfect ‎אָבָה‎ Exod 10:27 + ‎אָבוּ‎ Judg 19:25 + 7 t.; ‎אָבוּא‎ Isa 28:12 (Sta^{§ 31 R. 2}; Kö^{1, 414}); Imperfect ‎יֹאבֶה‎ Deut 29:19* + 2 t.; 2 masculine singular jussive ‎תֹּבֵא‎ Prov 1:10 (Sta^{§ 143 e 1 fin}; Kö^{1, 576 f}) etc.; Participle ‎אֹבִים‎ Ezek 3:7 — be willing, followed by Infinitive with ‎ל‎ Exod 10:27 + 29 t.; without ‎ל‎ Deut 2:30 + 8 t.; subject ‎׳‎‎י‎ Deut 10:10; Deut 23:6*; Deut 29:19*; Josh 24:10; 2Kgs 8:19; 2Kgs 13:23; 2Kgs 24:4; 2Chr 21:7 human subject Gen 24:5; Gen 24:8; Judg 19:10; 2Sam 2:21; 2Sam 13:25; 2Sam 14:29 (twice in verse); 2Sam 23:16; 2Sam 23:17 = 1Chr 11:18; 1Chr 11:19; 1Chr 19:19 in bad sense Exod 10:27; Deut 2:30; Deut 25:7; Judg 19:25; Judg 20:13; 2Sam 13:14; 2Sam 13:16 especially of perverse Israel Lev 26:21; Deut 1:26; 1Sam 15:9; Isa 28:12; Isa 30:9; Isa 42:24; Ezek 3:7 (twice in verse); Ezek 20:8 subject animal, ‎רֵים‎ Job 39:9 absolute (no Infinitive) 2Sam 12:17; 1Kgs 20:8; 1Kgs 22:50* compare Prov 6:35, of jealous man; bad sense Judg 11:17; Isa 30:15 good sense 1Sam 22:17; 1Sam 26:23; 1Sam 31:4 = 1Chr 10:4; 2Sam 6:10; Prov 1:10 + finite verb Isa 1:19 (‎אִם תּאֹבוּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּם‎); consent, yield to, followed by ‎לוֺ‎ Deut 13:9* (good sense); followed by ‎לִי‎ Ps 81:12* followed by ‎לַעֲצָתִי‎ Prov 1:30 followed by accusative ‎תּוֺכַחְתִּי‎ vProv 1:25 (all in bad sense).

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