BDB181 [H8378]

תַּאֲוָה noun feminine desire — absolute Gen 3:6 +; construct תַּאֲוַת Ps 10:3 + etc.; — desire, wish Prov 13:12; Prov 13:19; Prov 18:1 of physical appetite, longing for dainty food מַאֲכַל ׳ת Job 33:20 distinctly good sense Ps 10:17; Ps 38:10; Prov 11:23; Prov 19:22 (? compare below) Isa 26:8 (נָֿ֑פֶשׁ׳לְשִׁמְךָ וּלְזִכְרְךָ ת); bad sense, lust, appetite, covetousness Ps 10:3 (׳ת נַפְשׁוֺ) Ps 112:10; Prov 21:25; Prov 21:26 (as accusative of cognate meaning); particularly of longing for dainties of Egypt Num 11:4; Ps 106:14 (both accusative of cognate meaning) Ps 78:30 & in proper name given to place where it occurred קִבְרוֺת הַתַּאֲוָה (q. v.) Num 11:34; Num 11:35; Num 33:16; Num 33:17; Deut 9:22.

2. thing desired, in good sense Prov 10:24 bad sense Ps 78:29 so לִבּוֺ ׳ת Ps 21:3 thing desirable (to senses) Gen 3:6 (לְעֵינַיִם ׳ת); perhaps also Prov 19:22 the ornament of a man is his kindness (Ra Ki, etc. but compare above)


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