STRONGS NUMBER H8373


Word Summary
taab or taeb: to long for
Original Word: תָּאַב
Transliteration: taab or taeb
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-ab')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to long for
Meaning: to long for
Strong's Concordance
long

A primitive root; to desire -- long.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H8373. taab

or taeb I. [תָּאֵב תָּאֵב,‎] verb long for (Late Hebrew id., תִּיאֲבוֺןdesire; Aramaic תְּאִיב תְּאֵב,long for; ? secondary √ from אָבָה‎, or denominative from תַּאֲבָה‎, and this from אבה‎, compare Buhl; but see Ol§ 137); —

Qal Perfect1singular תִּאַ֫בְתִּי‎, with ל‎ thing, Psalm 119:40; 119:174.