yahav · give, come!

What it means

yahav (יָהַב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “give, come!”.

Give. In the imperative it is used to urge: "come!", "come on!"

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To hand something to someone, or to ascribe to him what is due.
2. An invitation to act together: «come on!, let us!».

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Give ×23
• Come ×5
• Provide ×2
• Bring ×1
• Put ×1
• ascribe ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×8
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×2
• Joshua×1
• Judges×2
• Ruth×1
• 1 Samuel×1
• 2 Samuel×2
• 1 Chronicles×3
• Job×1
• Psalms×8
• Proverbs×2
• Zechariah×1

• Genesis 11:3

  They said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly.” And brick served them as stone, and bitumen served them as mortar.

• Genesis 11:4

  And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, so that we are not scattered over the face of all the earth.”

• Genesis 11:7

  Come, let us go down and confuse their language there, so that no one will understand the language of his neighbor.”

• Genesis 29:21

  Jacob said to Laban, “Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, so that I may go in to her.”

• Genesis 30:1

  Rachel saw that she had not borne children to Jacob, and Rachel envied her sister and said to Jacob, “Give me children, or else I will die.”

• Genesis 38:16

  He turned to her by the road and said, “Come, please, let me go in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me that you may go in to me?”

• Genesis 47:15

  When the silver was gone from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us bread! Why should we die before you? For our silver is gone.”

• Genesis 47:16

  Joseph said, “Give your livestock, and I will give you bread for your livestock, if your silver is gone.”

• Exodus 1:10

  Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will multiply, and if war breaks out, they too will join those who hate us and fight against us and go up from the land.”

• Deuteronomy 1:13

  Provide for yourselves wise, discerning, and known men from your tribes, and I will set them as your heads.”

• Deuteronomy 32:3

  For the name of YHWH I will proclaim; ascribe greatness to our Elohim.

• Joshua 18:4

  Provide for yourselves three men for each tribe, and I will send them; and they will rise and walk about through the land and write it according to their inheritance, and come to me.

• Judges 1:15

  She said to him, “Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me springs of water.” And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

• Judges 20:7

  Look, all of you, sons of Israel, give here your word and counsel.”

• Ruth 3:15

  And he said, “Bring the shawl that is on you and hold it out.” So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley and put it on her; then he went into the city.

• 1 Samuel 14:41

  Saul said to YHWH, Elohim of Israel, “Give a complete lot.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, and the people went out free.

• 2 Samuel 11:15

  He wrote in the letter, saying, “Put Uriah in front of the fiercest battle, and withdraw from behind him, so that he is struck and dies.”

• 2 Samuel 16:20

  Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give your counsel: what shall we do?”

• 1 Chronicles 16:28

  Give to YHWH, families of the peoples, give to YHWH glory and strength.

• 1 Chronicles 16:29

  Give to YHWH the glory of his name; bring an offering and come before him; bow down to YHWH in the splendor of holiness.

• Job 6:22

  Have I said, ‘Give to me,’ and ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me,’

• Psalms 29:1

  A psalm of David. Give to YHWH, sons of El, give to YHWH glory and strength.

• Psalms 29:2

  Give to YHWH the glory of his name; bow down to YHWH in the majesty of holiness.

• Psalms 60:11

  Give us help against the adversary, for falsehood is the salvation of a human being.

• Psalms 96:7

  Give to YHWH, families of the peoples, give to YHWH glory and strength.

• Psalms 96:8

  Give to YHWH the glory of his name; bring an offering and come into his courts.

• Psalms 108:12

  Give us help against the adversary, for falsehood is the salvation of a human being.

• Proverbs 30:15

  The leech has two daughters: “Give, give!” Three things there are that are not satisfied; four that do not say, “Enough”:

• Zechariah 11:12

  And I said to them, “If it is good in your eyes, give me my wages; and if not, leave it.” And they weighed out my wages: thirty pieces of silver.

And 4 more times.