From 'ahab; affection (in a good or a bad sense) -- love(-r).
see HEBREW 'ahab
H158. ahab
[אַ֫הַב] noun [masculine] love only plural אֲהָבִים, loves, amours; bad sense Hosea 8:9, but א ׳אַיֶּלֶת loving hind Proverbs 5:19 (figurative of wife "" חֵן יַעֲלַת).