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Genesis 24:5

וַ יֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו הָ עֶבֶד אוּלַי לֹא תֹאבֶה הָ אִשָּׁה לָ לֶכֶת אַחֲרַי אֶל הָ אָרֶץ הַ זֹּאת הֶ הָשֵׁב אָשִׁיב אֶת בִּנְךָ אֶל הָ אָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר יָצָאתָ מִ שָּׁם

And the Slave is saying toward him, `Perhaps the Woman is not breathing-after795 to walk the back of me toward this Earth of This one. To cause to turn back am I causing to turn back אֶת-your builder toward the Earth which you have gone out from there?`


795

Strong’s #14, avah. To breath after. This word is nearly always used with the negative “not”. “properly to breathe after, compare the roots kindred both in form and signification…Lat. aveo; hence: (1) to be inclined, willing, prone, to wish; except in Isaiah 1:19; Job 39:9, always found with a negative particle…” - Gesenius