Lexical Definition

‎כָּסַף‎ kâçaph (kaw-saf') to long ^H:V
a primitive root

(have) desire, be greedy, long, sore.

• properly, to become pale, i.e. (by implication) to pine after
• also to fear

1) to long for, yearn for, long after
1a) (Qal) to long for
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to long for (deeply)
1b2) being longed for (participle)

See Greek: ἐπιθυμέω · ἐπιθυμία · ἐπιποθέω · ἕτοιμος · ὀπτάνομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎כָּסַף‎] verb long (for) (Arabic be colourless, obscure, be eclipsed (of sun or moon); also be depressed in appearance Ba^{ES 61}; modern Arabic disappoint; reflexive conjugations be disappointed, ashamed, see Spiro^Vocab; Late Hebrew ‎כסף‎ Hiph`il shew pallor, be pale, white; Qal be ashamed, long for, compare Aramaic ‎כְּסַף‎) —

Qal Imperfect 2 masculine singular ‎יָדֶיךָ תִּכְסֹ֑ףלְמַעֲשֵׂה‎ Job 14:15 for the work of thy hands thou wouldest long; 3 masculine singular ‎כְּאַרְיֵה יִכְסוֺף לִטְרֹ֑ף‎ Ps 17:12 like a lion that longeth to rend. Niph`al Perfect 2 masculine singular + Infinitive absolute ‎נִכְסֹף נִכְסַפְתָּה לְבֵית אָבִיךָ‎ Gen 31:30 thou didst long sorely for thy father's house; Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎׳‎‎נִכְסְפָה ֗֗֗ נַפְשִׁי לְחַצְרוֺת י‎ Ps 84:4* my soul longeth . . . . for the courts of ‎׳‎‎י‎; Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הַגּוֺי לֹא נִכְסָ֑ף‎ Zeph 2:1 very dubious; but perhaps (Ges Ew Hi Ke and others), O nation not turning pale, = not ashamed, compare etymology above; We thinks whole see corrupt.

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