Quick Definition
to long for
Strong's Definition
to desire
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: long.
TWOT Reference: 2485
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) (Qal) to long for
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תָּאַב (ta.av) — to long for. (Qal) to long for
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · תַּאֲבָה
Wish | verb qal
to long, to desire = process by which someone experiences a desire to know or do something, or for something to happen; ≈ only used in connection with God
verb
Hate | verb pi | ≈ שׂנא
to hate, to abhor, to detest = state in which someone experiences a deep loathing for something
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[תָּאֵב, תָּאַב] vb. long base