Lexical Definition

‎יָאַב‎ yâʼab (yaw-ab') to long ^H:V
a primitive root

long.

• to desire

1) (Qal) to long, long for, desire

See Greek: ἐπιποθέω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָאַב‎] verb long, desire (Aramaic , and especially Ethpa`al and derivatives) —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎לְמִצְוֺתֶיךָ‎ ‎יָ˜א֑בְתִּי‎ Ps 119:131, late Aramaism.

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