וְ/אֹהֲבֵ֖י

𐤅/𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤉

ʼâhab

and lovers of

To feel or express love, affection, or attachment toward a person, group, object, or concept. The term encompasses emotional attachment, desire, friendship, familial love, loyalty, and even preference or willful choice, depending on context. In interpersonal usage, expresses affection or positive regard (between individuals, within families, or between a subject and deity); in non-personal or figurative contexts, refers to attachment to practices, actions, wisdom, or material things.

H157

Hosea 3:1 · Word #21

Lexicon H157

Lemmaאָהַב
Lemma (Paleo)𐤀𐤄𐤁
Transliterationʼâhab
Strong'sH157
DefinitionTo feel or express love, affection, or attachment toward a person, group, object, or concept. The term encompasses emotional attachment, desire, friendship, familial love, loyalty, and even preference or willful choice, depending on context. In interpersonal usage, expresses affection or positive regard (between individuals, within families, or between a subject and deity); in non-personal or figurative contexts, refers to attachment to practices, actions, wisdom, or material things.

Morphology HC/Vqrmpc All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation r — Participle Active — The one doing the action
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number p — Plural — Plural
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

Common Translation

Phraseand lovers of

SIBI-P1 Translation H157-72

and lovers of

Morphological NotesQal active participle, masculine plural, construct state, with prefixed conjunction וְ ("and").
Rendering RationaleThe Qal active participle masculine plural in construct denotes "loving ones of"—those characterized by loving or attachment toward something. "Lovers of" preserves the participial, masculine plural sense and the construct relationship, with the prefixed conjunction rendered as "and."

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