Lexical Definition

‎אָוָה‎ ʼâvâh (aw-vaw') to desire ^H:V
a primitive root

covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).

• to wish for

1) 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)

See Greek: ἐπιθυμέω · ἐπιθυμητής · ἐπιθυμία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אָוָה‎] verb incline, desire (compare Stem 2). Pi`el Perfect ‎אִוָּה‎ Ps 132:13 ‎אִוְּתָה‎ Mic 7:1 +, etc.; Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תְּאַוֶּה‎ Deut 12:20 + 4 t. — desire subject usually ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎, object fruit Mic 7:1 (in metaphor); flesh (to eat) 1Sam 2:16, compare Deut 12:20 (followed by infinitive ‎לֶאֱכֹל בָּשָׂר‎); food & drink Deut 14:26 of king desiring rule, ‎וּמָלַכְתָּ בְּכֹל‎ ‎אֲשֶׁרתְּֿאַוֶּה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ‎ 2Sam 3:21; 1Kgs 11:37 object evil (‎רַע‎) Prov 21:10 once object ‎׳‎‎י‎ Isa 26:9 ‎נַפְשִׁי אִוִּיתִךָ בַּלַּיְלָה‎; of God ‎וְנַפְשׁוֺ אִוְּתָה וַיַּעַשׂ‎ Job 23:13 as desiring Zion for dwelling-place (late, only cases without ‎נפשׁ‎) Ps 132:13; Ps 132:14 Hithpa`el Perfect ‎הִתְאַוָּת‎ Prov 21:26 ‎הִתְאַוֵּיתִי‎ Jer 17:16 ‎הִתְאַוּוּ‎ Num 11:4 ‎וְהִתְאַוִּיתֶם‎ Num 34:10 Imperfect ‎יִתְאַוֶּה‎ Eccl 6:2 ‎וַיִּתְאַוֶּה‎ 2Sam 23:15 with apocope ‎וְיִתְאַו‎ Ps 45:12*, ‎וַיִּתְאַו‎ 1Chr 11:17, etc. — Participle feminine singular ‎מִתְאַוָּה‎ Prov 13:4 masculine plural ‎מִתְאַוִּים‎ Amos 5:18; Num 11:34 — desire, long for, lust after, of bodily appetites; for dainty food Num 11:4 (E; followed by accusative of cognate meaning) = Ps 106:14; Num 11:34 (E); followed by ‎ל‎ Prov 23:3; Prov 23:6 compare Eccl 6:2 (followed by accusative), see also Prov 13:4 (absolute, subject ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎); absolute of extreme thirst 2Sam 23:15 = 1Chr 11:17 of king desiring the beauty (‎יֳפִי‎) of princess Ps 45:12* (followed by accusative); of covetous man Prov 21:26 (followed by accusative of cognate meaning); object ‎בֵּית רֵעֲךָ‎ Deut 5:18 (|| ‎חמד‎); followed by infinitive Prov 24:1 (of desiring evil companionship); object ‎׳‎‎יוֺם י‎ Amos 5:18 (accusative; of presumptuous, reckless longing) compare Jer 17:16. (Num 34:7; Num 34:8 for ‎תְּתָאוּ‎ — Pi`el of ‎תאה‎ — Di proposes ‎תִּתְאַוֻּ‎, & queries whether this & ‎הִתְאַוִּיתֶם‎ vNum 34:10 are not from ‎אוה‎, = desire for yourselves.)

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