Lexical Definition

‎אָדַב‎ ʼâdab (aw-dab') to grieve ^H:V
a primitive root

grieve.

• to languish

1) to grieve, cause grief
1a) (Hiph) to cause to grieve, to grieve, to cause grief

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אָדַב‎] verb grieve; Hiph`il Infinitive ‎לַאֲדִיב‎ (= ‎לְהַאֲדִיב‎ Ges^{«GKC:53»§ 53}. 3. R, 7) to cause to grieve 1Sam 2:33. (But Dr proposes ‎לְהָדִיב‎ from ‎דוב‎ q. v.)

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