Lexicon
אָדַב
a.dav
H0109
H:V Hebrew

to grieve

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a.dav denotes causing grief in the threatened loss and death of a household.

The attested use presents a causative act of grief within a warning that members of a household will die.

Senses in use

  1. Causing grief through threatened loss · dominant

    In 1 Samuel 2:33, the Hiphil infinitive construct occurs in the warning about the house's men dying; the APB renders the clause "your soul to grieve," confirming grief as the stated result.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Samuel 2:33, the APB presents the outcome as "your soul to grieve." This rendering is treated as confirmation of the clause's overall sense.

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