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title: תַּאֲוָה — desire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּאֲוָה (8379), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: desire. BDB 1906: n.f. boundary. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּאֲוָה

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«תַּאֲוָה» 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:** 8379 · **BDB:** תַּאֲוָה³

### Glosses

desire (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

desire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8379/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. boundary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8379/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. boundary (as described by a mark?);—cstr. תַּאֲוַת גִּבְעֹת עוֹלָם Gn 49:26 (this meaning AV RV Ew§ 186b \[√ תָּאָה\] De Gn √ אוה, תאה, תוה), but desire = desirable things, so most.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּאֲוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8379/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.26/)

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בִּרְכֹ֣ת אָבִ֗יךָ גָּֽבְרוּ֙ עַל־בִּרְכֹ֣ת הוֹרַ֔י עַֽד־תַּאֲוַ֖ת גִּבְעֹ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם תִּֽהְיֶ֙ין֙לְרֹ֣אשׁ יוֹסֵ֔ף וּלְקָדְקֹ֖ד נְזִ֥יר אֶחָֽיו׃פ

*Word for word:* the.blessings your.father your they.have.prevailed over the.blessings of \[those.\[masc\].who\].conceived.me to desire of.hills of.antiquity may.they.belong to the.head of.Joseph and to the.crown.of.the.head of.the.consecrated.one his.brothers his

*JPS 1917:* The blessings of thy father are mighty beyond the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of the prince among his brethren.

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