אָוָה
a.vah
“to desire”
Definition
to wish for
a primitive root;
- desire, incline, covet, wait longingly, wish, sigh, want, be greedy, prefer 1a) (Piel) to desire, crave (food and drink) 1b) (Hithpael) to desire, long for, lust after (of bodily appetites)
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Grammar & Morphology
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Occurrences
אָוָה appears 25 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”
Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD!What will the Day of the LORD be for you?It will be darkness and not light.
My soul longs for You in the night;indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn.For when Your judgments come upon the earth,the people of the world learn righteousness.
So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man,and do not crave his delicacies;
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