יָאַב

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2968

long — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

long tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָאַב: vb. long, desire tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. long, desire (Aramaic ܝܐܶܒ, and especially Ethpa. and deriv.)— Pf. 1 s. לְמִצְוֹתֶיךָ יָאָ֑בְתִּי ψ 119:131, late Aramaism.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (12 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: I longed (1).

In the verses

Psalms 119:131 · tree →

פִּֽי־פָ֭עַרְתִּי וָאֶשְׁאָ֑פָה כִּ֖י לְמִצְוֺתֶ֣יךָ יָאָֽבְתִּי׃

Word for word: mouth my I.opened.wide and I panted (dm) for commandments your I.longed

JPS 1917: I opened wide my mouth, and panted; for I longed for Thy commandments.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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