איב
Hebrew
Etymology
Possibly cognate with Arabic وَئِبَ (waʔiba, “to get angry (with)”).
Pronunciation
- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /aˈjav/
- (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɔːˈjav/
- (Biblical Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔaːˈjab/, [aːˈjaβ]
- (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɔˈjav/
- (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA(key): /ʔɔːˈjav/
- (Persian Hebrew) IPA(key): /ɒˈjæv/
Verb
אָיַב • (ayáv) (pa'al construction)
- (hapax legomenon) to be hostile to, to hate, to be an enemy to
- Tanach, Exodus 23:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- כִּ֣י אִם־שָׁמ֤וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע֙ בְּקֹל֔וֹ וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ כֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֲדַבֵּ֑ר וְאָֽיַבְתִּי֙ אֶת־אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ וְצַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־צֹרְרֶֽיךָ׃
- ki im shamó'a tishmá b'koló v'asíta kol ashér adabér v'ayávti et oyevékha v'tsárti et tsorerékha
- but if you obey him and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.