חֲטִיבָה I f. (חָטַב II) 1) object of love. Ber. 6ᵃ; Ḥag. 3ᵃ (ref. to Deut. XXVI, 17) אתם עשיתוני ח׳ אחת וכ׳ you made me the only object of your love in the world, and I shall make you &c. (ref. to II Sam. VII, 23); Tanḥ. Ki Thabo 2. —2) declaring love. Ib. עושין ח׳ וכ׳ declare their love to God; Tanḥ., ed. Bub., ib. 4.