יהב

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Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare Arabic وَهَبَ (wahaba).

Verb[edit]

יהב (yehab)

  1. to give

Hebrew[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

יְהָב (y’havm

  1. (rare or literary) hope

Etymology 2[edit]

Root
י־ה־ב (y-h-b)

Verb[edit]

יָהַב third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to give, to grant; to chose; to ascribe to. Only used in the imperative; see הָבָה.

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