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Proverbs 19:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H7069 He that getteth קנה

H3820 wisdom לב

H157 loveth אהב

H5315 his own soul נפשׁו

H8104 he that keepeth שׁמר

H8394 understanding תבונה

H4672 shall find למצא

H2896 good טוב׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

that

H7069 getteth

H3820 wisdom

H157 loveth

his

own

H5315 soul

that

H8104 keepeth

H8394 understanding

shall

H4672 find

H2896 good

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