אָבָה ʼâbâh — to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
Translated in the KJV as consent, rest content will, be willing.
a primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent.
ʼâbâh in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Perfect (qatal) 42Imperfect (yiqtol) 10Jussive 1Participle (active) 1
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
But the Lord hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he would not let them go.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›