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מַאֲוַי

ma.a.vay

desire

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Strong’s H3970Noun, masculine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

the desires of1

In the text

Psalm 140:8מַאֲוַיֵּי
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not promote their evil plans, lest they be exalted. Selah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[מַאֲוַי] n.[m.] desire pl. cstr. מַאֲוַיֵּי רָשָׁע ψ 140:9.

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.