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/

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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