יְהַבyᵉhab

give

Pronunciation: yeh-hab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3052

Meanings

Pe`al: active (Ezra 5:12; Daniel 2:23; Daniel 3:28)

1. give (Daniel 2:48; Daniel 5:17; Daniel 2:21)

2. place, lay (Ezra 5:16)

Pe`il: be given up (Ezra 7:4; Ezra 7:6; Ezra 7:14)

Hithpe`el

1. be given over (Daniel 4:13; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 7:19)

2. be paid (Ezra 6:4; Ezra 6:8; Ezra 4:20)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 28 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 4:20 Powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem and the entire province west of the Euphrates River, receiving tribute, customs, and tolls.
  • Ezra 5:12 But because our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he abandoned them to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who destroyed this Temple and exiled the people to Babylonia.
  • Ezra 5:14 King Cyrus returned the gold and silver cups that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of Babylon. These cups were taken from that temple and presented to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom King Cyrus appointed as governor of Judah.
  • Ezra 5:16 So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the Temple of God in Jerusalem. The people have been working on it ever since, though it is not yet completed.’
  • Ezra 6:4 Every three layers of specially prepared stones will be topped by a layer of timber. All expenses will be paid by the royal treasury.
  • Ezra 6:8 “Moreover, I hereby decree that you are to help these elders of the Jews as they rebuild this Temple of God. You must pay the full construction costs, without delay, from my taxes collected in the province west of the Euphrates River so that the work will not be interrupted.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).