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title: תָּאַב — long · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תָּאַב (8374), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: long. BDB 1906: vb. long. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תָּאַב

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«תָּאַב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **long** — 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:** 8374 · **BDB:** תָּאֵב

### Glosses

\[am\].loathing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

long [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8374/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. long [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8374/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. long for (NH id., תִּיאֲבוֹן desire; Aramaic תְּאֵב, תְּאִיב long for;? secondary √ from אָבָה, or denom. from תַּאֲבָה, and this from אבה, cf. Buhl; but v. Ol§ 137);— Pf. 1 s. תָּאַ֫בְתִּי, c. ל rei, ψ 119:40, 174.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תָּאַב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8374/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Amos 6:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/AMO.6.8/)

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נִשְׁבַּע֩ אֲדֹנָ֨י יְהוִ֜ה בְּנַפְשׁ֗וֹ נְאֻם־יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י צְבָא֔וֹת מְתָאֵ֤ב אָֽנֹכִי֙ אֶת־גְּא֣וֹן יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב וְאַרְמְנֹתָ֖יו שָׂנֵ֑אתִי וְהִסְגַּרְתִּ֖י עִ֥יר וּמְלֹאָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* he.has.sworn Lord \[the\] Yahweh by self his the.utterance of.Yahweh God of.hosts \[am\].loathing I (et) the.pride of.Jacob and fortresses his I.hate and I.will.deliver.up \[the\].city and what fills.it

*JPS 1917:* The Lord GOD hath sworn by Himself, saith the LORD, the God of hosts: I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his palaces; and I will deliver up the city with all that is therein.

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