Genesis 22:2

2 Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.אָהַב

‘ahab {aw-hab’} or אָהֵב ‘aheb {aw-habe’} a primitive root; TWOT – 29; v

1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God

1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle)

1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God’s love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers)

2) to like