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title: תְּשׁוּקָה — longing · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּשׁוּקָה (8669), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: longing. BDB 1906: n.f. longing. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּשׁוּקָה

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«תְּשׁוּקָה» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 8669 · **BDB:** תְּשׁוּקָה

### Glosses

desire (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

longing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8669/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. longing [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8669/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. longing;—of woman for man, אֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ Gn 3:16 (J); of man for woman, אֲנִי לְדוֹדִי וְאֵלַי תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ Ct 7:11; of beast to devour, fig. אֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ Gn 4:7 (J). (𝔊 ἀποστροφή Gn, ἐπιστροφή Ct, whence NesMarg. 6 proposes תְּשׁוּבָתֵךְ Gn 3:16, which Ball Hpt reads in all; but how explain the unusual and striking word in MT?).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 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 (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּשׁוּקָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8669/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 7:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.11/)

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אֲנִ֣י לְדוֹדִ֔י וְעָלַ֖י תְּשׁוּקָתֽוֹ׃ס

*Word for word:* I \[belong\].to lover my and.\[is\] towards me desire his

*JPS 1917:* I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.

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[Genesis 4:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.7/)

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הֲל֤וֹא אִם־תֵּיטִיב֙ שְׂאֵ֔ת וְאִם֙ לֹ֣א תֵיטִ֔יב לַפֶּ֖תַח חַטָּ֣את רֹבֵ֑ץ וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ תְּשׁ֣וּקָת֔וֹ וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּמְשָׁל־בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* ? not if you.will.do.well lifting.up and if not you.will.do.well to the door sin \[is\].crouching and.\[is\] to you desire its and you you.will.rule over it

*JPS 1917:* If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou mayest rule over it.'

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