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Genesis 37:3

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Masoretic Text 1524

H3478 Now Israel וישׂראל

H157 loved אהב

H853 את

H3130 Joseph יוסף

H3605 מכל

H1121 his children בניו

H3588 because כי

H1121 was the son בן

H2208 of his old age זקנים

H1931 he הוא

H6213 made לו ועשׂה

H3801 him a coat לו כתנת

H6446 of many colours פסים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

Now

H3478 Israel

H157 loved

H3130 Joseph

than

H4480 all

his

H1121 children

H3588 because

H1931 he

was

the

H1121 son

his

old

H2208 age

and

H1931 he

H6213 made

him

H3801 coat

many

H6446 colours

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H157

Hebrew: אָהַב

Transliteration: ʼâhab

Pronunciation: aw-hab'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: (be-) love ({-d} {-ly} {-r}) {like} friend.

Definition:

to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)

1. to love

a. (Qal)

1. human love for another, includes family, and sexual

2. human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom

3. human love for or to God

4. act of being a friend 1a

b. lover (participle) 1a

c. friend (participle)

1. God's love toward man 1a

d. to individual men 1a

e. to people Israel 1a

f. to righteousness

g. (Niphal)

1. lovely (participle)

2. loveable (participle)

h. (Piel)

1. friends

2. lovers (fig. of adulterers)

2. to like

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906