חֲבִיבוּתָא, (חֲבִיב) love, attachment, divine favor. Sabb. 88ᵇ ועדיין ח׳ היא גבן (Ms. M. חֲבִיבוּתֵיה הוא) and yet (in spite of our defection) the divine love is with us; Gitt. 36ᵇ; Yalk. Cant. 983. Arakh. 16ᵇ אגב ח׳ וכ׳ on account of the extreme friendship &c.