abah (aw-baw) [14]

Meaning abah

a.  Abah means to breathe after.

b.  Figuratively, to be acquiescent, consent.

c.  A primary root.

Parts of speech: Verb

1.  This verb, which occurs 54 times, is sometimes associated with the noun 'ebyon', "needy person".

2.  This verb means "to consent to" in Deuteronomy 13:8, "Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:"

3. It basically represents the inclination which leads towards action, rather than the volition which immediately precedes it.

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition [abah 14] to be willing, consent (Qal) to be willing to consent, yield to, accept to desire