So You Like Them Hebrew Tats by slaveofone
There have been a few instances where I ran across someone who wanted to get a (Biblical) Hebrew tattoo and were hoping for a little assistance in terms of the grammar.
The most common question is how to say beloved
in a Hebrew tattoo. Well, I just happen to be an expert on this one. Beloved:
דָּוִד
Lover is the Qal Active Participle of the verb to love
and looks like this:
אֹהֵב
You can see an example of this word in plene in Deuteronomy 10:18. If you are a woman, however, you may want to go the route of the feminine form:
אֹהֶבֶת
You can see an example of this word in Genesis 25:28.
Perhaps you would rather have the tattoo say One Who Is Loved.
That is the Qal Passive Participle and looks like this:
אָהוּב
You can see an example in Nehemiah 13:26. If you are a woman, however, you may want to go the route of the feminine form:
אֲהוּבָה
You can see an example of this word in Deuteronomy 21:15.