Lexical Definition

‎תָּאַב‎ tâʼab (taw-ab') to long for ^H:V
a primitive root

long.

• to desire

1) (Qal) to long for

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎תָּאֵב‎, ‎תָּאֵב‎] verb long for (Late Hebrew id., ‎תִּיאֲבוֺן‎ desire; Aramaic ‎תְּאֵב‎, ‎תְּאִיב‎ long for; ? secondary √ from ‎אָבָה‎, or denominative from ‎תַּאֲבָה‎, and this from ‎אבה‎, compare Buhl; but see Ol^{§ 137}); —

Qal Perfect 1 singular ‎תִּאַ֫בְתִּי‎, with ‎ל‎ thing, Ps 119:40; Ps 119:174.

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