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H184 אָוָה (ʼâvâh) aw-vaw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to extend or mark out

KJV Usage: point out

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אָוָה (a.vah) — to mark. 1) to sign, mark, describe with a mark 1a) (Hithpael) to measure, mark out, mark you out

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · אַוָּה · הַוָּה · מַאֲוַי · תַּאֲוָה · אוּאֵל

Desire | verb pi, verb hit

to crave, to desire = state in which humans sense a physical craving for food or alcoholic drinks; this desire is associated with one's נֶפֶשׁ ≈ and can be both good and evil

NUM 11:4 · NUM 11:34 · DEU 12:20 · DEU 14:26 · 1SA 2:16 · 2SA 23:15 · 1CH 11:17 · PSA 106:14 · PRO 13:4 · PRO 23:3 · PRO 23:6 · PRO 31:4 · PRO 31:4 · MIC 7:1

Wish | verb pi, verb hit | ≈ חמד

to desire, to long for, to covet = state in which humans and deities experience a desire to possess something, to live somewhere, or to associate with someone; ◄ this desire is associated with one's נֶפֶשׁ; ≈ and can be both good and evil

DEU 5:21 · 2SA 3:21 · 1KI 11:37 · PSA 132:13 · PSA 132:14 · ECC 6:2 · ISA 26:9

Wish | verb pi, verb hit

to desire, to long = to experience a desire to see something happen or to do something oneself; ◄ this desire is associated with one's נֶפֶשׁ ≈ and can be both good and evil

JOB 23:13 · PSA 45:12 · PRO 21:10 · PRO 21:26 · PRO 24:1 · JER 17:16 · AMO 5:18

verb

Know | verb hit

to mark out = to indicate the boundary of a piece of land by placing markers

NUM 34:10

1 1CH 11:17 · PRO 23:6 · PRO 24:1 MT-K או | MT-Q אֵי 2 PRO 21:26 MT HOTTP-B NIV NJPS REB GNT CEV התאוה תאוה | RSV NJB NRSV התאוה אישׁ און "the wicked covet"

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[אָוָה] vb. sign, mark, describe with a mark only Hithp. mark you out, measure base

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