BDB12
I. אָבָה
verb
be willing, consent (compare Assyrian
abîtu
, command, DlW, Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 5]
refuse, Arabic
[untranscribed source text 6], id., Nejd be willing
SoDe Jes 3, p. 26; LCB 1880, 817) —
Qal (with לֹא, אַל except Isa 1:19; Job 39:9 in Hexateuch rare & only
J
E
D
, including
Lev 26:21); Perfect
אָבָה
Exod 10:27 +
אָבוּ
Judg 19:25 + 7
t.; אָבוּא
Isa 28:12 (
Sta§ 31 R. 2; Kö1, 414
); Imperfect
יֹאבֶה
Deut 29:19 + 2
t.; 2 masculine singular jussive תֹּבֵא
Prov 1:10 (
Sta§ 143 e 1 fin; Kö1, 576
f) etc.; Participle
אֹבִים
Ezek 3:7 —
be willing, followed by Infinitive with ל
Exod 10:27 + 29
t.; without ל
Deut 2:30 + 8 t.;
subject ׳
י
Deut 10:10;
Deut 23:6; Deut 29:19; Josh 24:10; 2Kgs 8:19; 2Kgs 13:23;
2Kgs 24:4; 2Chr 21:7 human
subject Gen 24:5;
Gen 24:8; Judg 19:10; 2Sam 2:21; 2Sam 13:25;
2Sam 14:29
(twice in verse);
2Sam 23:16; 2Sam 23:17 = 1Chr 11:18; 1Chr 11:19; 1Chr 19:19 in bad sense Exod 10:27; Deut 2:30; Deut 25:7; Judg 19:25; Judg 20:13; 2Sam 13:14; 2Sam 13:16
especially of perverse Israel Lev 26:21; Deut 1:26; 1Sam 15:9; Isa 28:12; Isa 30:9; Isa 42:24; Ezek 3:7 (twice in verse); Ezek 20:8 subject animal, רֵים
Job 39:9 absolute
(no Infinitive)
2Sam 12:17;
1Kgs 20:8; 1Kgs 22:50 compare Prov 6:35, of jealous man; bad sense Judg 11:17; Isa 30:15 good sense 1Sam 22:17; 1Sam 26:23; 1Sam 31:4 = 1Chr 10:4; 2Sam 6:10; Prov 1:10 + finite
verb Isa 1:19 (
אִם תּאֹבוּ וּשְׁמַעְתֶּם); consent, yield to, followed by לוֺ
Deut 13:9 (good
sense); followed by לִי
Ps 81:12
followed by לַעֲצָתִי
Prov 1:30
followed by accusative תּוֺכַחְתִּי Prov 1:25 (all in bad sense).