Lexical Summary abah: to be willing, to consent Original Word: אָבָהTransliteration: abah Phonetic Spelling: (aw-baw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be willing, to consent Meaning: to breathe after, to be acquiescent Strong's Concordance consent, rest content will, be willing A primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent -- consent, rest content will, be willing. Brown-Driver-Briggs H14. abah I. אָבָה verb be willing, consent (compare Assyrian abîtu, command, DlW, Ethiopic refuse, Arabic , id., Nejd be willing SoDe Jes 3, p. 26; LCB 1880, 817) — Qal (with אַל לֹא, except Isaiah 1:19; Job 39:9; in Hexateuch rare & only J E D, including Leviticus 26:21); Perfect אָבָה Exodus 10:27 + אָבוּ Judges 19:25 7t.; אָבוּא Isaiah 28:12 (Sta§ 31 R. 2; Kö1, 414); Imperfect יֹאבֶה Deuteronomy 29:19 2t.; 2 masculine singular jussive תֹּבֵא Proverbs 1:10 (Sta§ 143 e 1 fin; Kö1, 576 f) etc.; Participle אֹבִים Ezekiel 3:7; — be willing, followed by Infinitive with ל Exodus 10:27 29t.; without ל Deuteronomy 2:30 8t.; subject ׳י 10:10; 23:6; 29:19; Joshua 24:10; 2 Kings 8:19; 13:23; 24:4; 2 Chronicles 21:7; human subject Genesis 24:5, 8; Judges 19:10; 2 Samuel 2:21; 13:25; 14:29 (twice in verse); 23:16-17, = 1 Chronicles 11:18-19, 19:19; in bad sense Exodus 10:27; Deuteronomy 2:30; 25:7; Judges 19:25; 20:13; 2 Samuel 13:14, 16; especially of perverse Israel Leviticus 26:21; Deuteronomy 1:26; 1 Samuel 15:9; Isaiah 28:12; 30:9; 42:24; Ezekiel 3:7 (twice in verse); 20:8; subject animal, רֵים Job 39:9; absolute (no Infinitive) 2 Samuel 12:17; 1 Kings 20:8; 22:50; compare Proverbs 6:35, of jealous man; bad sense Judges 11:17; Isaiah 30:15; good sense 1 Samuel 22:17; 26:23; 31:4 = 1 Chronicles 10:4; 2 Samuel 6:10; Proverbs 1:10; + finite verb Isaiah 1:19 (וּשְׁמַעְתֶּם תּאֹבוּ אִם); consent, yield to, followed by לוֺ Deuteronomy 13:9 (good sense); followed by לִי Psalm 81:12; followed by לַעֲצָתִי Proverbs 1:30; followed by accusative תּוֺכַחְתִּי 1:25 (all in bad sense). |