Lexical Definition

‎אַוָּה‎ ʼavvâh (av-vaw') desire ^H:N-F
from ‎אָוָה‎

desire, lust after, pleasure.

• longing

1) desire, lust, will (not necessarily evil)

See Greek: ἀδικία · ἐπιθυμία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אַוָּה‎] noun feminine desire — construct ‎אַוַּת‎ Deut 12:15 + 5 t.; suffix ‎אַוָּתִי‎ Hos 10:10 — desire, will, usually followed by ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎; of natural human desire (morally indifferent), for meat Deut 12:15; Deut 12:20; Deut 12:21 of longing for sanctuary Deut 18:6 of royal good pleasure 1Sam 23:20 without ‎נֶפֶשׁ‎, of wild-ass Jer 2:24 of divine will Hos 10:10.

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