Lexical Definition

‎תְּשׁוּקָה‎ tᵉshûwqâh (tesh-oo-kaw') desire ^H:N-F
from ‎שׁוּק‎ in the original sense of stretching out after

desire.

• a longing

1) desire, longing, craving
1a) of man for woman
1b) of woman for man
1c) of beast to devour

See Greek: ἐπιστροφή

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎תְּשׁוּקָה‎] noun feminine longing; — of woman for man, ‎אֶלאִֿישֵׁח תְּשׁוּקָתֵח‎ Gen 3:16 (J); of man for woman, ‎אֲנִי לְדוֺדִי וְאֵלַי תְּשׁוּקָתוֺ‎ Song 7:11* of beast to devour, figurative ‎אֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֺ‎ Gen 4:7 (J). (ᵐ5 ἀποστροφή Genesis, ἐπιστροφή Canticles, whence Nes^{Marg. 6} proposes ‎תְּשׁוּבָתֵךְ‎ Gen 3:16, which Ball^Hpt reads in all; but how explain the unusual and striking word in MT?).

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