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H8379 תַּאֲוָה (taʼăvâh) tah-av-aw'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

boundary

Strong's Definition

a limit, i.e. full extent

Derivation: from H8376 (תָּאָה);

KJV Usage: utmost bound.

TWOT Reference: 2496b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) boundary, limit
1a) meaning uncertain

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

תַּאֲוָה (ta.a.vah) — boundary. 1) boundary, limit 1a) meaning uncertain

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · אוה · קִבְרֹות הַתַּאֲוָה

Hunger

craving, desire = process by which someone senses a physical craving for food

NUM 11:4 · PSA 78:29 · PSA 78:30 · PSA 106:14

Wish | ≈ אֲנָחָה · אֲרֶשֶׁת · תֹּוחֶלֶת · תִּקְוָה | ≠ מְגֹורָה

desire, longing = state in which humans experience a desire to see something happen or do something oneself; ◄ this desire is associated with one's heart or throat ≈ and can be both good and evil

PSA 10:3 · PSA 10:17 · PSA 21:3 · PSA 38:10 · PSA 112:10 · PRO 10:24 · PRO 11:23 · PRO 13:12 · PRO 13:19 · PRO 18:1 · PRO 19:22 · PRO 21:25 · PRO 21:26 · ISA 26:8

Wish | ≈ בְּרָכָה

choice, delight, bounty = something desirable

GEN 3:6 · GEN 49:26 · JOB 33:20

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[תַּאֲוָה] n.f. boundary (as described by a mark?);—cstr. Gn 49:26 ref

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