אַהֲוָא

a.ha.vaAhava

hebrewOld TestamentName of a place3 occurrences1 book3 verses

This is the name of the place Ahava: A place where Ezra assembled the returning exiles.

probably of foreign origin; Ahava, a river of Babylonia
Traditional renderings: Ahava.

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Ezra 8:15אַהֲוָ֔א · Ahava
Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that flows to Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
Ezra 8:21אַהֲוָ֔א · the Ahava
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
Ezra 8:31אַֽהֲוָ֗א · from the Ahava
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.