{"def":{"short":"to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)","long":["to love",["(Qal)",["human love for another, includes family, and sexual","human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom","human love for or to God","act of being a friend",["lover (participle)","friend (participle)"],"God's love toward man",["to individual men","to people Israel","to righteousness"]],"(Niphal)",["lovely (participle)","loveable (participle)"],"(Piel)",["friends","lovers (figurative for adulterers)"]],"to like"]},"deriv":"or אָהֵב ; a primitive root","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔɔːˈhɑb","ipa_mod":"ʔɑːˈhɑv","sbl":"ʾāhab","dic":"aw-HAHB","dic_mod":"ah-HAHV"}}