Lexical Definition

‎אָבֶה‎ ʼâbeh (aw-beh') oh that! ^H:N-F
from ‎אָבָה‎

desire.

• longing

1) entreat, longing, desire

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎בָּיַי‎, ‎בַּי‎] verb entreat (Arabic come as suppliant, entreat, still current in the Hauran: see Wetzst in De^{Job 34:36}), of which (probably) ‎אָבִי‎ Job 34:36 is 1 singular imperfect (used dialectically): ‎אָבִי‎ ‎יִבְּחֵן אִיּוֺב‎ would that (literally I entreat that) Job were tried!

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