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# longing

«longing» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a strong wish for something you want very much** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (longings)

### meaning for a pupil

A longing is a strong wish for something you want very much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means a deep wish of the soul. The psalms use it for wanting God's laws, and Samuel for David missing Absalom. Interpretation: The soul's longing for God is a main theme of Psalms. It is read as a sign of closeness and love. In the primary lessons: in tales, a deep wish or desire that someone feels in the heart, as in «a longing for home».

### examples

- My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times. (Writings PSA.119.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#x1)
- For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good. (Writings PSA.107.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#x2)
- And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. (Prophets 2SA.13.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#x3)
- She had a longing for the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#x4)
- His longing for home grew each day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#x5)
- I felt a longing to see my friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.383/)
- [For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1963/)
- [My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2183/)
- [As the swallows chatter about the South, something new wakes up in the Rat: a longing to go too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «longing» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.