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# יָהַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3051

**give** — used 33 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

give [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3051/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָהַב: vb. give [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3051/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. give (Aramaic יְהַב, ܝܰܗܒ; Arabic وَهَبَ; Ethiopic ወሀበ Sab. והב DHM:ZMG xxix. 1875, 614 f. ול יהב Id.ib. 603)—only Imv. הַב Pr 30:15(×15); emph. הָ֫בָה Gn 11:3 + 10 times (6 times sq. monosyll.); הָבָ֫ה Gn 29:21 before gutt. (Di on Gn 28:2 Köi. 418), fs. הָבִ֫י Ru 3:15; mpl. הָב֫וּ Gn 47:16 + 16 times; הָ֫בוּ לִ֑י Jb 6:22 (on these forms v. also Sta§ 606 a Böi. 225 Ges§ 69. 2, R. 2);— give, sq. acc. Gn 29:21 (E) give (me) my wife, 47:16 (J), Ru 3:15 Zc 11:12 (price); of giving (i.e. causing to come forth, in deciding by lot) urim and Thummim 1 S 14:41(×41) (𝔊 We Dr, v. אוּרִים); sq. acc. rei + לִי Gn 30:1 (E), Ju 1:15; acc. rei + לָנוּ Gn 47:15 (J), ψ 60:13 = 108:13; הָ֥בוּ לִ֑י Jb 6:22 (no acc. expr.); abs. הַ֤ב ׀ הַ֥֫ב Pr 30:15. = set, sq. acc. (Uriah) + אֶל־מוּל פְּנֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה 2 S 11:15 set Uriah in the fore-front of the battle. with reflex. לִ (v. ל, 5 h) = provide, c. acc. הָבוּ לָכֶם אֲנָשִׁים חֲכָמִים Dt 1:13; Jos 18:4 (JE), Ju 20:7 2 S 16:20. ascribe glory, etc., to י׳ (God): c. כבוד לְ ψ 29:1(×1), 2 = 96:7(×7), 8 = 1 Ch 16:28(×28), 29; ה׳ גֹדֶל לאלהינו Dt 32:3 (poem) ascribe greatness to our God. = come now (orig. grant, permit), before voluntat.: Gn 11:3, 4, 7; 38:16 (all J), Ex 1:10 (E).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 29 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: give (20); ascribe (10); provide (2).

## In the verses

[Deuteronomy 32:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.3/#tree)

כִּ֛י שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א הָב֥וּ גֹ֖דֶל לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.name of.Yahweh I.will.proclaim ascribe greatness to God our

*JPS 1917:* For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

[2 Samuel 16:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.20/#tree)

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם אֶל־אֲחִיתֹ֑פֶל הָב֥וּ לָכֶ֛ם עֵצָ֖ה מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Absalom to Ahithophel give (for yourselves counsel what? will.we.do

*JPS 1917:* Then said Absalom to Ahithophel: 'Give your counsel what we shall do.'

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3051.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3051/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).