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title: אֲרֶשֶׁת — desire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲרֶשֶׁת (782), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: desire. BDB 1906: n.f. desire, request. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲרֶשֶׁת

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«אֲרֶשֶׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **desire** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 782 · **BDB:** אֲרֶ֫שֶׁת

### Glosses

the.request (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

desire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/782/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. desire, request [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/782/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. desire, request (Assyrian êrištu Dll.c.) only cstr. א׳ שְׂפָתָיו ψ 21:3 (‖ תַּאֲוַת לִבּוֹ) request granted by י׳.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲרֶשֶׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/782/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 21:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.21.3/)

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תַּאֲוַ֣ת לִ֭בּוֹ נָתַ֣תָּה לּ֑וֹ וַאֲרֶ֥שֶׁת שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו בַּל־מָנַ֥עְתָּ סֶּֽלָה׃

*Word for word:* the.desire his.heart his you.have.given to him and the.request his.lips his not you.have.withheld Selah

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and the request of his lips Thou hast not withholden.

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