Lexical Summary avah: to incline, desire Original Word: אָוָהTransliteration: avah Phonetic Spelling: (aw-vaw') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to incline, desire Meaning: to incline, desire Strong's Concordance covet, greatly desire, be desirous, long, lust after A primitive root; to wish for -- covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after). Brown-Driver-Briggs H183. avah [אָוָה] verb incline, desire (compare Stem 2). Pi`el Perfect אִוָּה Psalm 132:13; אִוְּתָה Micah 7:1 +, etc.; Imperfect3feminine singular תְּאַוֶּה Deuteronomy 12:20 4t. — desire subject usually נֶפֶשׁ, object fruit Micah 7:1 (in metaphor); flesh (to eat) 1 Samuel 2:16, compare Deuteronomy 12:20 (followed by infinitive בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל); food & drink 14:26; of king desiring rule, נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ אֲשֶׁרתְּֿאַוֶּה בְּכֹל וּמָלַכְתָּ 2 Samuel 3:21; 1 Kings 11:37; object evil (רַע) Proverbs 21:10; once object ׳י Isaiah 26:9 בַּלַּיְלָה אִוִּיתִךָ נַפְשִׁי; of God וַיַּעַשׂ אִוְּתָה וְנַפְשׁוֺ Job 23:13; as desiring Zion for dwelling-place (late, only cases without נפשׁ) Psalm 132:13; 132:14; Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְאַוָּת Proverbs 21:26; הִתְאַוֵּיתִי Jeremiah 17:16; הִתְאַוּוּ Numbers 11:4; וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶם 34:10; Imperfect יִתְאַוֶּה Ecclesiastes 6:2; וַיִּתְאַוֶּה 2 Samuel 23:15; with apocope וְיִתְאַו Psalm 45:12, וַיִּתְאַו 1 Chronicles 11:17, etc. — Participle feminine singular מִתְאַוָּה Proverbs 13:4; masculine plural מִתְאַוִּים Amos 5:18; Numbers 11:34 — desire, long for, lust after, of bodily appetites; for dainty food 11:4 (E; followed by accusative of cognate meaning) = Psalm 106:14; Numbers 11:34 (E); followed by ל Proverbs 23:3, 6 compare Ecclesiastes 6:2 (followed by accusative), see also Proverbs 13:4 (absolute, subject נֶפֶשׁ); absolute of extreme thirst 2 Samuel 23:15 = 1 Chronicles 11:17; of king desiring the beauty (יֳפִי) of princess Psalm 45:12 (followed by accusative); of covetous man Proverbs 21:26 (followed by accusative of cognate meaning); object רֵעֲךָ בֵּית Deuteronomy 5:18 ("" חמד); followed by infinitive Proverbs 24:1 (of desiring evil companionship); object י ׳יוֺם Amos 5:18 (accusative; of presumptuous, reckless longing) compare Jeremiah 17:16. (Numbers 34:7-8, for תְּתָאוּ — Pi`el of תאה — Di proposes תִּתְאַוֻּ, & queries whether this & הִתְאַוִּיתֶם 34:10 are not from אוה, = desire for yourselves.) |
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