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title: תַּאֲבָה — longing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּאֲבָה (8375), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: longing. BDB 1906: n.f. longing. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּאֲבָה

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«תַּאֲבָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **longing** — 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:** 8375 · **BDB:** תַּאֲבָה

### Glosses

longing (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

longing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8375/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. longing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8375/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. longing;—ψ 119:20.

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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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּאֲבָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8375/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 119:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.20/)

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גָּרְסָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֣י לְתַאֲבָ֑ה אֶֽל־מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ בְכָל־עֵֽת׃

*Word for word:* it.is.crushed self my for longing to judgments your at every time

*JPS 1917:* My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times.

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