BDB146
אַהֲבָה
noun feminine
love (= Infinitive of
אהב
q. v.) — absolute ׳
א
Prov 10:12 +
18 t.; construct אַהֲבַת
Jer 2:2 + 3 t.; suffix
אַהֲבָתִי
Ps 109:4; Ps 109:5
אַהֲבָֽתְךָ
2Sam 1:26
אַהֲבָתוֺ
Isa 63:9; Zeph 3:17
אַהֲבָתָהּ
Prov 5:19
אַהֲבָתָם
Eccl 9:6 —
love, especially Wisdom Literature & late.
1. human (to human object) absolute Eccl 9:1; Eccl 9:6 (both || שִׂנְאָה) so Prov 10:12; Prov 15:17
compare Prov 27:5
see also Prov 17:9
of man toward man Ps 109:4; Ps 109:5 love for one's self (נַפְשׁוֺ) 1Sam 20:17 between man &
woman Song 2:4; Song 2:5; Song 5:8; Song 8:6; Song 8:7 (twice in
verse); Prov 5:19
compare also 2Sam 1:26
(נָשִׁים
׳
א); personified Song 2:7; Song 3:5; Song 7:7; Song 8:4 compare figurative use Song 3:10 of mere sexual desire 2Sam 13:15 figurative of Jerusalem's
love to ׳
י
Jer 2:2 (
כְּלוּלֹתַיִח
׳
א), & of love of adulterous Jerusalem Jer 2:33.
2. God's love to his people Hos 11:4 (׳
עֲבֹתוֺת א) Jer 31:3; Isa 63:9; Zeph 3:17.