אויב

Hebrew

Root
א־י־ב (ʾ-y-b)

Alternative forms

אֹיֵב (defective spelling)

Etymology

Participle of אָיַב (“to hate, be hostile to”)

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /oˈjev/
(Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /oɪ̯.jeɪ̯v/
(Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)oˈjev/
(Syrian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈjeb/
(Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔøˈjev/, /ʔeˈjev/
(Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔoˈjev/
(Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔoːˈjeːb/, [ʔoːˈjeːβ]
(Pre-Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ʔoːˈjibu/
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Noun

אוֹיֵב • (oyév) m (plural indefinite אוֹיְבִים, singular construct אוֹיֵב־, plural construct אוֹיְבֵי־)

enemy
Synonym: שונא (soné)

Related terms

אָיַב (“to be hostile”)

References

H341 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

אבוי, אביו, איוב

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German obe, from Old High German oba, from Proto-West Germanic *jabē, from Proto-Germanic *jabai (“when, if”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔɪ̯b/

Conjunction

אויב • (oyb)

if

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