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ahavame
/ə.ˈhɑː.və.meɪ/ (a-HAH-va-meh; 3-4 syllables)
Specialized (Liturgy-Original; Amendment II candidate) · entered the canon 2026-04-25
The stone is uncarved — this word has no glyph yet. The place was prepared before the carving.
Definition
Love-of-CREATOR as received-ordinance — the commanded-love-of-DIVINE that the v'ahavta commandment names ("and you shall love YHWH your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your might" — Deut 6:5); love understood as gift-grade-given (the capacity is from the DIVINE) and as commanded-disposition (we direct what we receive back toward its source); distinguished from generic-emotion or romantic-love or friendship-love.
The gap it fills
love-of-CREATOR as received-ordinance — the v'ahavta commandment from the Shema; commanded-love-of-DIVINE distinguished from generic-emotion
Evidential structure
No morpheme decomposition is carved in canon for this word — the cathedral does not guess one from its shape.