Lexical Definition

‎תַּאֲוָה‎ taʼăvâh (tah-av-aw') desire ^H:N-F
from ‎אָוָה‎ (abbreviated)

dainty, desire, [idiom] exceedingly, [idiom] greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also ‎קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה‎.

• a longing
• by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)

1) desire
1a) desire, wish, longings of one's heart
1a1) lust, appetite, covetousness (bad sense)
1b) thing desired, object of desire

See Greek: ἀρεστός · ἐπιθυμία · εὐλογία · καρπός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎תַּאֲוָה‎ noun feminine desire — absolute Gen 3:6 +; construct ‎תַּאֲוַת‎ Ps 10:3 + etc.; — desire, wish Prov 13:12; Prov 13:19; Prov 18:1 of physical appetite, longing for dainty food ‎מַאֲכַל‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Job 33:20 distinctly good sense Ps 10:17; Ps 38:10*; Prov 11:23; Prov 19:22 (? compare below) Isa 26:8 (‎נָֿ֑פֶשׁ‎‎׳‎‎לְשִׁמְךָ וּלְזִכְרְךָ ת‎); bad sense, lust, appetite, covetousness Ps 10:3 (‎׳‎‎ת‎ ‎נַפְשׁוֺ‎) Ps 112:10; Prov 21:25; Prov 21:26 (as accusative of cognate meaning); particularly of longing for dainties of Egypt Num 11:4; Ps 106:14 (both accusative of cognate meaning) Ps 78:30 & in proper name given to place where it occurred ‎קִבְרוֺת הַתַּאֲוָה‎ (q. v.) Num 11:34; Num 11:35; Num 33:16; Num 33:17; Deut 9:22.

2. thing desired, in good sense Prov 10:24 bad sense Ps 78:29 so ‎לִבּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎ Ps 21:3* thing desirable (to senses) Gen 3:6 (‎לְעֵינַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ת‎); perhaps also Prov 19:22 the ornament of a man is his kindness (Ra Ki, etc. but compare above)

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