Lexicon
יְהַב
ye.hav
H3052
A:V Hebrew

to give

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ye.hav denotes conferring or transferring authority, resources, persons, and wisdom to a recipient.

The verb most often marks the conferral of rule, dominion, or royal status; it also describes providing gifts, expenses, and temple vessels, handing persons or things over, and granting wisdom or might.

Senses in use

  1. Conferring dominion, status, or authority · dominant

    Active perfect forms describe God conferring a kingdom, power, strength, and honor in Daniel 2:37 and kingdom, greatness, honor, and glory in Daniel 5:18. Passive perfect forms present dominion, honor, and a kingdom as received in Daniel 7:14, and the APB renders the kingdom, dominion, and greatness as being bestowed on the holy ones in Daniel 7:27.

  2. Providing gifts, expenses, and objects · common

    In Daniel 2:48 the king gives Daniel great gifts, while the imperative in Daniel 5:17 directs that rewards be given to another. Passive forms in Ezra 5:14, Ezra 6:4, Ezra 6:9, and Ezra 7:19 concern vessels, royal expense, needed offerings, and vessels for temple service being supplied or assigned.

  3. Handing over persons or bodies · occasional

    In Ezra 5:12 the active perfect form places the people into Nebuchadnezzar's hand. Passive forms describe a kingdom divided and assigned to the Medes and Persians in Daniel 5:28, a beast's body given over to fire in Daniel 7:11, and the holy ones delivered into another's hand in Daniel 7:25; Daniel 3:28 likewise speaks of servants who gave their bodies rather than worship another god.

  4. Granting wisdom and might · rare

    The active participle in Daniel 2:21 occurs in the clause where wisdom is conferred on the wise and knowledge on those with understanding. In Daniel 2:23, the second-person perfect form occurs in Daniel's thanks because wisdom and might have been granted to him.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the transfer with “given,” including kingdoms, dominion, gifts, vessels, and wisdom; it also uses “granted” for an extension of life in Daniel 7:12 and “delivered” in Daniel 7:25. These renderings reflect whole clauses rather than a word-by-word alignment.

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