Lexical Definition

‎יָהַב‎ yâhab (yaw-hab') to give ^H:V
a primitive root

ascribe, bring, come on, give, go, set, take.

• to give (whether literal or figurative)
• generally, to put
• imperatively (reflexive) come

1) to give, provide, ascribe, come
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to give
1a2) to set, place
1a3) to provide (with reflexive)
1a4) to ascribe (glory)
1a5) to grant, permit, come now

See Greek: δίδωμι · ἐάω · εἰσάγω · παραδίδωμι · φέρω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ye.hav (‎י‎ְ‎ה‎ַ‎ב‎ "to give" יְהַב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: יְהַב
[‎יָהַב‎] verb give (Aramaic ‎יְהַב‎, ; Arabic ; Ethiopic : Sabean ‎והב‎ DHM^{ZMG xxix. 1875, 614 f.} ‎ול יהב‎ Id^{ib. 603}) — only Qal Imperative ‎הַב‎ Prov 30:15 (twice in verse); emphatic ‎הָ֫בָה‎ Gen 11:3 + 10 t. (6 t. followed by monosyllabic); ‎הָבָ֫ה‎ Gen 29:21 before guttural (Di on Gen 28:2 Kö^{i. 418}), feminine singular ‎הָבִ֫י‎ Ruth 3:15 masculine plural ‎הָב֫וּ‎; Gen 47:16 + 16 t.; ‎הָ֫בוּ לִ֑י‎ Job 6:22 (on these forms see also Sta^{§606 a} Bö^{i. 225} Ges^{«GKC:69»§ 69}. 2, R. 2); —

1. give, followed by accusative Gen 29:21(E) give (me) my wife, Gen 47:16 (J), Ruth 3:15; Zech 11:12 (pirce); of giving (i.e. causing to come forth, in deciding by lot) Urim and Thummim 1Sam 14:41 (twice in verse) (ᵐ5 We Dr, see ‎אוּרִים‎); followed by accusative of thing + ‎לִי‎ Gen 30:1(E), Judg 1:15 accusative of thing + ‎לָנוּ‎ Gen 47:15 (J), Ps 60:13* = Ps 108:13* ‎שָהבוּ לִ֑י‎ Job 6:22 (no accusative expressed); absolute ‎שַה֫ב‎ || ‎הַ֤ב‎ Prov 30:15.

2. = set, followed by accusative (Uriah) + ‎אֶלמֿוּל פְּנֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה‎ 2Sam 11:15 set Uriah in the fore-front of the battle.

3. with reflex. ‎לִ‎ (see ‎ל‎, 5 h) = provide, with accusative ‎הָבוּ לָכֶם אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים‎ Deut 1:13; Josh 18:4 (JE), Judg 20:7; 2Sam 16:20.

4. ascribe glory, etc., to ‎׳‎‎י‎ (God): with ‎כבוד לְ‎ Ps 29:1 (twice in verse); Ps 29:2 = Ps 96:7 (twice in verse); Ps 96:8 = 1Chr 16:28 (twice in verse); 1Chr 16:29 ‎גֹדֶל לאלהינו‎ ‎׳‎‎ה‎ Deut 32:3 (poem) ascribe greatness to, our God.

5. = come now (originally grant, permit), before voluntative: Gen 11:3; Gen 11:4; Gen 11:7; Gen 38:16 (all J), Exod 1:10 (E).

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