וְ/אָֽהַבְתָּ֥

𐤅/𐤀𐤄𐤁𐤕

ʼâhab

and you shall love

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

Leviticus 19:18 · Word #8

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/Vqq2ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation q — Sequential Perfect — Perfect with waw-consecutive, continuing a narrative
Person 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

Common Translation

Phraseand you shall love

SIBI-P1 Translation H157-68

and you will love

Morphological NotesVerb, Qal stem, sequential perfect (vav-consecutive), 2nd person masculine singular.
Rendering RationaleThe Qal stem conveys the simple active sense of expressing love or attachment. The 2nd masculine singular sequential perfect (vav-consecutive) is rendered as a future-oriented action, preserving both the conjunction "and" and the masculine singular address.

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