{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H14",
  "lemma": "אָבָה",
  "transliteration": "ʼâbâh",
  "definition": "to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent",
  "kjv": "consent, rest content will, be willing.",
  "occurrences": 54,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אָבָה vb. be willing, consent (cf. As., command, Dl W, Eth. refuse, Ar., id., Nejd be willing So De Jes 3, p. 26; LCB 1880, 817)—",
    "Qal (c. לֹא, אַל exc. Is 1:19 Jb 39:9; in Hex. rare & Only JED, incl. Lv 26:21); Pf. אָבָה Ex 10:27 + אָבוּ Ju 19:25 + 7 t.; אָבוּא Is 28:12 (Sta § 31 R.2; Kö I, 414); Impf. יֹאבֶה Dt 29:19 + 2 t.; 2 ms. juss. תֹּבֵֽא Pr 1:10 (Sta § 143 e 1 nn; Kö I, 578 f) etc.; Pt. אֹבִים Ez 3:7;—be willing, sq. Inf. with ל Ex 10:27 + 29 t.; without ל Dt 2:30 + 8 t.; subj. י׳ Dt 10:10 23:6 29:19 Jos 24:10 2 K 8:19 13:23 24:4 2 Ch 21:7; human subj. Gn 24:5, 8 Ju 19:10 2 S 2:21 13:2514:29, 29 23:16, 17 = 1 Ch 11:18, 19 1 Ch 19:19; in bad sense Ex 10:27 Dt 2:30 25:7 Ju 19:25 20:13 2 S 13:14, 16;esp. of perverse Isr. Lv 26:21 Dt 1:26 I S 15:9 Is 28:12 30:9 42:24 Ez 3:7, 7 20:8; subj. animal, רֵּים Jb 39:9; abs. (no Inf.) 2 S 12:17 1 K 20:8 22:50; cf. Pr 6:35, of jealous man; bad sense Ju 11:17 Is 30:15; good sense I S 22:17 26:23 31:4 = 1 Ch 10:4 2 S 6:10 Pr 1:10; + vb. fin. Is 1:19 (אִם תֹּאבוּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּם); consent, yield to, sq. לַעֲצָתִי Pr 1:30; sq. acc. תוֹכַחְתִּי v 25 (all in bad sense)."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:5",
      "text": "The servant said to him, “What if the woman isn’t willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:8",
      "text": "If the woman isn’t willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this oath to me. Only you shall not bring my son…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 10:27",
      "text": "But the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he wouldn’t let them go.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/10?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Leviticus 26:21",
      "text": "“‘If you walk contrary to me, and won’t listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/26?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 1:26",
      "text": "Yet you wouldn’t go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/1?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 2:30",
      "text": "But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him, for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/2?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 10:10",
      "text": "I stayed on the mountain, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD listened to me that time…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/10?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 13:9",
      "text": "you shall not consent to him nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/13?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 23:6",
      "text": "Nevertheless the LORD your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/23?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 25:7",
      "text": "If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/25?v=7"
    }
  ],
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