אבה
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אבה
- /ʔaːˈbaː/
- /ɒ.ba/
- [ˈʔɒː.bæˑ]
- /ʔɔːˈvɔː/
- [ʔɔˑˈvɔː]
- /ʔɔˈvɔ/
- [ʔɔ(ː)ˈvɔ(ː)]
- /ʔaˈba/
- /(ʔ)aˈba/
- /(ʔ)ɔˈvɔ/
- /(ʔ)aˈva/ Modern Israeli
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Semitic *ʔabay-. Compare Akkadian 𒁍𒀪𒄿𒌈 (bu-ʾ-i-tum /buʾītu/, “a thing wished, willed, desired”), Arabic أَبَى (ʔabā, “he rejected, refused, was unwilling, unwilling to do otherwise; originally to hold back, to desire to stay or wish to remain”) and the root ء ب ب (ʔ b b, “to prepare to go out for”) in the phrase أَبَّ إِلَى (ʔabba ʔilā, “to long after, to want to go forth to, to yearn or have a desire to go to something”), Egyptian ꜣbj (“to desire, to want, to be happy”) and ꜣb (“to take a break, to tarry or stay awhile, to refuse to go”).
verb אָבָה · avá · לֶאֱבוֹת · - · אָבִיתִי
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to be willing, to agree, consent (usually with לֹא)
וַיְחַזֵּק יְהוָה אֶת־לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְלֹא אָבָה לְשַׁלְּחָֽם׃
Similar: נָאוֹת
In English
- will act of choosing to do something; conscious intent or volition
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