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Isaiah 41:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H859 But thou ואתה

H3478 Israel ישׂראל

H5650 art my servant עבדי

H3290 Jacob יעקב

H834 whom אשׁר

H977 I have chosen בחרתיך

H2233 the seed זרע

H85 of Abraham אברהם

H157 my friend אהבי׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

But

H859 thou

H3478 Israel

art

H5650 servant

H3290 Jacob

H834 whom

have

H977 chosen

the

H2233 seed

H85 Abraham

H157 friend

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