1) entreat, longing, desire Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H14 Same Word by TWOT Number: 3
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[בָּיַי, בַּי] verbentreat (Arabic come as suppliant, entreat, still current in the Hauran: see Wetzst in DeJob 34:36), of which (probably) אָבִיJob 34:36 is 1 singular imperfect (used dialectically): אָבִייִבְּחֵן אִיּוֺבwould that (literally I entreat that) Job were tried!
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 15. אָבִי (abeh) — 1 Occurrence
Job 34:36 HEB: אָבִ֗י יִבָּחֵ֣ן אִיּ֣וֹב KJV:My desire [is that] Job may be tried INT:desire to be tried Job