תְּשׁוּקָה
teshuka · desire
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8669 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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teshuka (תְּשׁוּקָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “desire”.
Strong desire toward someone. It appears only three times in the Bible (Genesis 3:16; 4:7; Song of Songs 7:10) and its exact shade is debated.
How to say it
te·shu·ka
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A strong longing for someone.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your toil and your pregnancies; with pain you will give birth to children; and toward your husband will be your desire, and he will rule over you.”
- Genesis 4:7
If you do well, will there not be a lifting up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and toward you is its desire, but you will rule over it.”
- Song of Songs 7:10
I am my beloved’s, and toward me is his desire.