אבה

Aramaic

Verb

אָבָה, אָבֵי • (transliteration needed)

  1. to be willing

References
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Etymology

Compare Akkadian abitu (“wish, will, desire”), Arabic أَبَى‎ (ʾabā, “he rejected, refused, was unwilling”), and Egyptian ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”).

Pronunciation

Verb

אָבָה • (ava) (pa'al construction)

  1. to be willing
    ‏וַיְחַזֵּק יְהוָה אֶת־לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְלֹא אָבָה לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃‎‎
    vaykhazek hashem et lev par'o v'lo ava l'shal'kham.
    But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go. - Exodus 10:27

Conjugation
Conjugation of אָבָה (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לֶאֱבוֹת‎
  • action noun: —
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first אָבִיתִי‎אָבִינוּ‎
second אָבִיתָ‎אָבִית‎אֲבִיתֶם‎1אֲבִיתֶן‎1
third אָבָהאָבְתָה‎אָבוּ‎
present אוֹבֶה‎אוֹבָה‎אוֹבִים‎אוֹבוֹת‎
future first אובה \ אֹבֶה‎נֹאבֶה‎
second תֹּאבֶה‎תֹּאבִי‎תֹּאבוּ‎תֹּאבֶינָה‎2
third יֹאבֶה‎תֹּאבֶה‎יֹאבוּ‎תֹּאבֶינָה‎2
imperative אֱבֵהאֱבִי‎אֱבוּ‎אֱבֶינָה‎2
notes
  1. Pronounced אָבִיתֶם‎ and אָבִיתֶן‎ in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Uncommon in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

Anagrams

References
  1. Klein, Ernest. 1987. "A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English". The University of Haifa.
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