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יָאַב

ya.av

to long

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Strong’s H2968Verb1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

i longed1

In the text

Psalm 119:131יָאָבְתִּי
I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[יָאַב] vb. long, desire—Qal ψ 119:131, late Aramaism.

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.