Hebrew verb · H3867
לָוָה
lavahlaw-vaw'
to join; to borrow
26 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: lâvâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3867is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 39Old Testament books
- 23spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3867
properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
The King James renders it: abide with, borrow(-er), cleave, join (self), lend(-er).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
lavah is rendered "to join; to borrow". It stands 26 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.
- Five of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to join".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 29:34Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
- The Greek text spells it twenty-three different ways.
The first use
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
Genesis 29:34יִלָּוֶ֤ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to join, and to borrow.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to joinStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereGenesis 29:34Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said… |
| to borrowStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and they will join themselves4
- a borrower1
- a lender1
- and he will join himself1
- and lending1
- and lends1
- and you will lend to1
- as the borrower1
- as the lender1
- borrowing1
- he will join himself1
- he will lend to you1
and 11 more, 26 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 26, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
23 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַנִּלְוִ֤ים2
- וּמַלְוֶ֑ה2
- וְנִלְו֣וּ2
- הַנִּלְוָ֤ה1
- וְהִלְוִ֙יתָ֙1
- וְיִלָּו֥וּ1
- וְנִלְוָ֤ה1
- וְנִלְו֧וּ1
- וְנִלְווּ֩1
- יִלָּוֶ֤ה1
- יַלְוְךָ֔1
- יִלְוֶ֣נּוּ1
and 11 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/VNq3cp4Hc/VNq3cp
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular2HC/Vhrmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural2HTd/VNrmpa
- verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular2HVqrmsa
- Hc/Vhq2ms1Hc/Vhq2ms
- Hc/VNq3ms1Hc/VNq3ms
- HC/VNu3mp1HC/VNu3mp
- preposition with the article + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular1HRd/Vhrmsa
- preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singular1HRd/Vqrmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HTd/VNp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhi2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HVhi2ms/Sp3ms
Genesis
one use
Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
- יִלָּוֶ֤הyilavehverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will join himself
Exodus
one use
If you lend money to one of My people among you who is poor, you must not act as a creditor to him; you are not to charge him interest.
- תַּלְוֶ֣הtalvehverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will lend to
Numbers
two uses
But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.
- וְיִלָּו֥וּveyilavuHC/VNu3mptagged: so they may join themselves
They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
- וְנִלְו֣וּvenilvuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will join themselves
Deuteronomy
four uses
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.
- וְהִלְוִ֙יתָ֙vehilvitaHc/Vhq2mstagged: and you will lend to
- תִלְוֶֽה׃tilvehverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will borrow
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
- יַלְוְךָ֔yalvekhaverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: he will lend to you
- תַלְוֶ֑נּוּtalvenuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: you will lend to him
Nehemiah
one use
Still others were saying, “We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.
- לָוִ֥ינוּlavinuverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we have borrowed
Esther
one use
the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
- הַנִּלְוִ֤יםhanilvimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who joined themselves
Psalms
four uses
The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
- לֹוֶ֣הlovehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: borrowing
They are ever generous and quick to lend, and their children are a blessing.
- וּמַלְוֶ֑הumalvehconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and lending
Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
- נִלְוָ֣הnilvahverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it has joined itself
It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
- וּמַלְוֶ֑הumalvehconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: and lends
Proverbs
three uses
Kindness to the poor is a loan to the LORD, and He will repay the lender.
- מַלְוֵ֣הmalvehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lending to
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
- לֹ֝וֶ֗הlovehverb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: a borrower
- מַלְוֶֽה׃malvehverb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: a lender
Ecclesiastes
one use
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
- יִלְוֶ֣נּוּyilvenuverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will accompany him
Isaiah
five uses
For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
- וְנִלְוָ֤הvenilvahHc/VNq3mstagged: and he will join himself
people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
- כַּמַּלְוֶה֙kamalvehpreposition with the article + verb · causative (hiphil), participle · masculine singulartagged: as the lender
- כַּלֹּוֶ֔הkalovehpreposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle · masculine singulartagged: as the borrower
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
- הַנִּלְוָ֤הhanilvahthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: who he has joined himself
And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
- הַנִּלְוִ֤יםhanilvimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who join themselves
Jeremiah
one use
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
- וְנִלְו֣וּvenilvuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will join themselves
Daniel
one use
Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.
- וְנִלְו֧וּvenilvuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will join themselves
Zechariah
one use
“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
- וְנִלְווּ֩venilvuHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will join themselves
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.